PUNE: The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) is being rapped with a Rs 5,000 fine by the traffic police every time one of its buses is found stranded on the road for more than 30 minutes after a breakdown.
Pankaj Deshmukh, the deputy commissioner of police (traffic), recently told TOI that buses getting stranded on the roads due to technical problems and not being towed away for a long time were causing traffic jams. “If a bus is not removed for more than 30 minutes, a fine of Rs 5,000 is imposed on the transport body. The PMPML has a system to remove these buses and it should use the system proactively,” he said.
The traffic police have come across 27 such cases in the recent past and a fine of Rs97,000 has been recovered from the PMPML, he said.
Saket Kadam, a daily commuter, recalled an incident last week. “Only a few metres ahead of the Golibar Maidan, two PMPML buses had broken down. They were blocking most of the road. It took us close to 45 minutes just to cross that stretch,” he said.
According to data provided by Parisar, a Pune-based civil society organization, the PMPML has been witnessing an average of 35 breakdowns each day. “Regular checking and servicing of the buses will prevent this problem,” the organization said in a letter sent to the PMPML.
PMPML officials, however, said the number of breakdowns and fires in buses had drastically come down this year. “The buses are checked properly and there are surprise inspections as well. We have anti-breakdown vehicles and the new system tells drivers to directly contact the wireless centre, not their respective depots, in case of breakdowns. Once this is done, the nearest anti-breakdown vehicle is rushed to the spot and the buses are taken to the nearest depot for repairs. We have 11 service vans,” a PMPML official said.
Pankaj Deshmukh, the deputy commissioner of police (traffic), recently told TOI that buses getting stranded on the roads due to technical problems and not being towed away for a long time were causing traffic jams. “If a bus is not removed for more than 30 minutes, a fine of Rs 5,000 is imposed on the transport body. The PMPML has a system to remove these buses and it should use the system proactively,” he said.
The traffic police have come across 27 such cases in the recent past and a fine of Rs97,000 has been recovered from the PMPML, he said.
Saket Kadam, a daily commuter, recalled an incident last week. “Only a few metres ahead of the Golibar Maidan, two PMPML buses had broken down. They were blocking most of the road. It took us close to 45 minutes just to cross that stretch,” he said.
According to data provided by Parisar, a Pune-based civil society organization, the PMPML has been witnessing an average of 35 breakdowns each day. “Regular checking and servicing of the buses will prevent this problem,” the organization said in a letter sent to the PMPML.
PMPML officials, however, said the number of breakdowns and fires in buses had drastically come down this year. “The buses are checked properly and there are surprise inspections as well. We have anti-breakdown vehicles and the new system tells drivers to directly contact the wireless centre, not their respective depots, in case of breakdowns. Once this is done, the nearest anti-breakdown vehicle is rushed to the spot and the buses are taken to the nearest depot for repairs. We have 11 service vans,” a PMPML official said.
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