Haryana Transport Minister Krishan lal Panwar on Tuesday said that the number of buses in the fleet of Haryana Roadways would be increased to 4,500 by the end of this financial year.
The Minister while presiding over a meeting of officers of the Department here directed the concerned officers to provide safe and effective transport services to the people through Haryana Roadways and resolve problems of employees amicably.
He said that orders have already been issued to purchase 600 new buses. Apart from this, the number of Volvo and Mercedes super deluxe AC buses has been increased to 46 to provide better and comfortable bus travel facility to people. Advertisements have been released for filling up of 725 posts of drivers and the process has been initiated to fill up 636 technical posts, he added.
The State president of Haryana State Transport Employees Union affiliated to “Bhartiya Mazdur Sangh”, Azad Singh Malik and other office bearers were also present in the meeting. The Minister assured them that all their genuine demands would be considered. No new permit would be issued to private buses, he added.
In the meeting, the Employees’ Union assured the Minister of not taking part in the proposed strike to be held on September 1.
Panwar said that Haryana Transport has been awarded at national level for lowest rate of accidents in long route services among all state road transport undertakings. He also directed the Regional Transport Authorities to recover the pending “Adda Fee” from private buses at bus stands.