JCTSL buses will resume services with 50 per cent capacity

JAIPUR: With some relaxations in the lockdown, Jaipur City Transport Service Limited (JCTSL) has issued guidelines about the time when the buses will resume operations.
According to the guidelines, whenever the work will resume, JCTSL buses will run with just 50% of their capacity.
Considered to be lifeline of the city transport, the government is yet to take a decision on JCTSL buses resuming operations, but the department is all geared up. The guidelines mentioned that buses will be sanitised every day and after every four hours in the city. Drivers and conductors will resume duties with masks, sanitizers and gloves, which will be provided by the department.
Veerendra Verma, officer on special duty at JCTSL, said, “It will be a herculean task to maintain social distancing in buses and bus stops. We have started working towards the guidelines and whenever the government decides to start the transport, we will be back in action.” No passenger will be allowed to enter the buses without wearing masks. Seats will be marked where passengers will be allowed to sit. Officials have been ordered to keep in mind not to have buses and bus stops overcrowded. Any employee found to have symptoms will be sent for home isolation and can resume duties only after medical check-up. There will be posters and banners inside buses, at bus stops and on roads to educate people about symptoms of coronavirus and social distancing. Drivers have been asked to take charge of the bus only after confirming about the mandatory requirement of sanitisation.