Haryana to restore private bus services

CHANDIGARH: Haryana government has decided to restore the operation of private buses plying under the state carriage scheme. The operation of these permit holders was suspended in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. An order for restarting the buses was issued on Wednesday by the transport commissioner.
“The matter regarding operation of stage carriage buses has been examined and it has been observed that...the stage carriage schemes formulated by the government needs to be restored. It has accordingly been decided that... the buses will be operated in four lots in July,” says the order.
As per the schedule, the first lot of buses (one fourth of the total buses) will ply from July 1 to 8, the second will be permitted to ply from July 9 to 16, the third lot from July 17 to 24 and the fourth from July 25 to August 1. However, only one fourth of total buses will be allowed to operate during this period.