The Haryana Transport Minister Krishan lal Panwar on Monday said that no new State carriage permit would be issued and the existing permit holders would continue to ply their buses in the State.
Presiding over a meeting with representatives of ‘Haryana Roadways Karamchari Talmel Committee’ and All Haryana Raodways Workers Joint Action Committee here, Panwar said that 1,000 new drivers were being recruited on contractual basis on monthly honorarium of `12,500 so as to further improve the bus services in the State. He said that the Chief Minister has given administrative approval for purchase of 600 new bus chasis which would increase the number of buses in the fleet to 4,600.
It was informed in the meeting that Electronic Ticket Issue Machines would be given to conductors of five depots by the next 7-8 months and in all depots by the next 14 months.
In the meeting, representatives of both Haryana Roadways Karamchari Talmel Committee and All Haryana Raodways Workers Joint Action Committee assured the Minister to extend their cooperation. Also, the Minister assured the representatives that all their genuine demands would be considered sympathetically.
Additional Chief Secretary, Transport, SS Dhillon and Director, Transport, Vinay Singh were also present in the meeting.