Bus services resume in Bihar, to operate following Covid-19 standards

To assist in smooth running of

public transportation in Bihar, the state Transportation department has permitted resumption of bus services from Tuesday, an authorities stated.

Buses – both federal government and personal – will follow the guidelines recommended to suppress the spread of COVID-19, a Transport department notification stated.

The alert was provided on Monday evening after a decision to this result was taken at a conference of Crisis Management Group which was chaired by Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar and attended by Transport Secretary Sanjay Kumar Agarwal and senior authorities of other departments.

Bus service was suspended following the enforcement of lockdown by the state federal government on July 16, in view of the rising number of cases of COVID-19 in the state. The lockdown in the state has actually been further extended till September 6.

The Transport secretary has actually directed all District Magistrates and Senior Superintendents and Superintendents of Cops to implement the choice for smooth running of public transport system in the state.

The Transportation department notification, however, does not mention a word on whether the movement of inter- state buses will be enabled.

” Except containment zones, buses and all types of public transportation will run following the guidelines of one seat, a single person,” Agarwal stated, including that public transportation operations – other than car, taxi and taxi – were not allowed view of unlock-3 being imposed in the state.

Every passenger, chauffeur, conductor and other personnel of the bus will use mask and follow the social distancing norms stopping working which action will be taken against the bus operator/owner besides cancelling the authorization of the bus, Agarwal said.

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