Surguja district collector Ritu Sen and Superintendent of Police Sundarraj P jointly conducted a sudden inspection of the inter-state bus terminal at the district headquarters here and gathered information from passengers about the facilities being provided to them in the buses.
On the occasion, the Collector issued instructions to the bus drivers and agents to collect only prescribed fare from passengers and to reserve seats for women in the buses.She also asked them to paste the fare list. Sen appealed to the passengers not to pay more amount than the prescribed fare.She told the passengers to inform immediately on charging of extra fare or misbehaviour by the bus driver or conductor. The passengers informed the Collector that mostly the conductors do not return balance amount and misbehave with them.
Sen issued a strict warning to the bus conductors and agents, that misbehaviour with woman passengers would not be tolerated and on getting complaints, strict action would be initiated against them.The officer duo instructed to make sufficient arrangement of pure drinking water, clean toilets, electricity and to maintain cleanliness in the bus stand.SP Sundarraj asked the bus drivers to follow security standards in the buses. He also asked the agents to wear uniform during duty time.On the instructions of the Collector , the district administration conducted thorough checking in the buses. A team led by Assistant Collector Abhijit Singh checked light, insurance, fitness etc of the buses and asked the drivers to repair the faults.