Stern action against misbehaving bus crew

By Our Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, SEPT. 15. The Transport Commissioner, Mr. K.P. Somarajan, has urged the public, especially women commuters, having complaints about misbehaviour of staff of the buses to bring them to the notice of the authorities.

The Transport Commissioner, in a release here today, said that a directive had been issued to the Regional Transport Officer, Joint Regional Transport Officer and police officials for them to take stern action against the guilty in such cases.

It has come to the notice that the bus staff misbehave with women, school and college girls and handicapped people. The buses do not pick up students from stops and they are not allowed to sit even on vacant seats and that the staff remain on the footboard when women and girl students enter and alight.

Complaints have also come up that men sitting in the seats reserved for women are never asked to move out by the bus crew. The Assembly Committee for the Welfare of Women, Children and Handicapped headed by Prof. Meenakshi Thampan, MLA, has taken note of the complaints and given instructions to initiate action.

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