Rahul Gandhi posted a video of his journey in a DTC bus and interaction with its employees on X. He flagged "injustice" done to them by the government.
A DTC bus carrying 50 passengers caught fire in East Delhi's Jagatpuri on Thursday morning. All passengers were safely evacuated before the bus was completely engulfed in flames. The fire is believed to have been caused by a short circuit in the air conditioning system.
A bomb scare in Nangloi, Delhi, occurred after a suspicious bag was found on a DTC cluster bus. The Delhi Police received a call about the bag and, upon investigation, discovered an object resembling a timer bomb.
The bus accident took place near Shivaji Park Metro Station on Monday morning which claimed the life of a woman while leaving several others injured.
Heavy smoke was seen rising out of a DTC bus, travelling in the Janpath Road area on Monday (March 11).
350 electric buses were added to the Delhi government's electric bus fleet after which the total number of electric buses rose to 1,650 in the national capital.
The Transport Department officials said they have requested the police to share the footage from the CCTV camera installed inside the bus to determine the cause of the accident.
The WhatsApp ticketing system for Metro train services already exists in Delhi and now the trials for buses is likely to commence soon. The Delhi government is also working on single-journey ticket system.
WhatsApp-based ticketing system will work in line with the Delhi metro. There might be a marginal convenience fee applied to transactions made via credit or debit card, however, no convenience fee is charged for UPI-based transactions.
The injured have been hospitalised, police said. Meanwhile, further investigations are underway.
A protesting Civil Defence Volunteer said that they were staging the protest as due have not been paid for four months. Delhi Police issued a traffic advisory for the commuters in view of the protest.
Delhi news: The complainant further informed that the DTC bus depot manager is demanding a bribe through driver Lalit Yadav and conductor Sita Ram.
Delhi bus accident: One unknown person was brought dead at Holy Family Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday while two of the injured are in critical condition, informed Delhi Police.
Delhi News: According to transport department officials, the decision was taken earlier by the senior Transport department and DTC officials considering the need of more buses to be pressed for commuters and the schools were informed in advance.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 150 new electric buses from Indraprastha Depot on May 24.
Reports suggest that two shops that were next to the bus had also caught fire.
Terming the flag off as the beginning of an era of the environmentally friendly public transport system in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister said 2000 electric buses will be procured by the government in coming years.
The incident occured on a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus on the Dhaula Kuan-Mayur Vihar route.
A notification issued by the health department of the state government said the capacity (number of oxygen cylinders) will be increased in phase wise as per the demands.
Currently, there are over 3,700 DTC buses, out of which nearly 10 per cent are under special hire.
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