Get Your Tickets While Travelling in City Buses or Pay Fine: New Rule By DK Bus Operators Association

Get Your Tickets While Travelling in City Buses or Pay Fine: New Rule By DK Bus Operators Association

December 4: The DK Bus Operators’ Association (DKBOA) has initiated the  idea of ticket checking personnel in private city buses, on the model of KSRTC, after receiving complaints from passengers on non-issuance of tickets in the buses.
The designated personnel wearing uniform, comprising a black pant and a blue shirt along with a badge, will board the bus from a designated bus stop and will check the tickets issued. If a passenger is found travelling without a ticket, he would be considered as an unauthorised passenger and a fine can be levied as issuing tickets to passengers is compulsory under the provisions of Motor Vehicles Act and rules.
As many as 30 personnel are engaged in ticket checking from 6 am to 2 pm and 2 pm to 11 pm. There are 80 routes for private buses in the city to travel to various destinations but right now the initiative has been started on five routes in Mangalore on a pilot basis. It will be implemented in all the routes in a phased manner by taking the owners of the buses into confidence.
DKBOA president Dilraj Alva said that at present, ticket checking is carried out on routes covering State Bank to Konaje, Talapady, Adyar, Mangaladevi and Ullal. The designated personnel appointed for the purpose will carry out the checking anytime in a day. The personnel will check the issue of tickets from the ticket vending machine of the bus conductor. They will take a print of the tickets issued in a day from the machine using a password, which will be later handed over to the bus owners, Alva said
With the issue of the tickets, conductors can not cheat owners while handing over the earnings of the day. It will in turn help in increasing the income.
The system will enable the commuters to develop a mentality to seek tickets from the conductors while travelling in a bus. There are over 350 city private buses in Mangalore with thousands of passengers commuting to different destinations.

 

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