Route permits, schedules of private buses to be digitised by December 10
The Hindu
This will help passengers save time and plan trips better, says KMTA chief
The Kochi Metropolitan Transport Authority (KMTA) and the Motor Vehicles Department (MVD) have joined hands to digitise route permits and time schedules of all private buses, in order to streamline their operation, improve reliability and to rein in reckless driving.
Under this initiative, bus operators have been directed to submit their permits and time schedule for being digitised, before December 10. The C-DAC had earlier entered all relevant data regarding buses which were issued permits by Ernakulam RTO Office. Bus operators have been directed to verify data pertaining to them, before the time schedule is approved.
Only such digitised permits and time schedules that bear the government seal will have legal validity from January 1, said P.M. Shabeer, Ernakulam RTO.