Nearly 700 pvt bus operators in Nashik fined for violations

Time of India

05-05-2025

Nashik: The Nashik Regional Transport Office (RTO) acted against 692 private buses from Jan to April-end this year for overcharging, operating without valid tax payment, not carrying fitness certificates, and carrying more than the permissible number of passengers in the bus, among other violations.
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RTO officials said, "We checked 2,652 buses in their jurisdiction and booked 692 for violating various rules, collecting a fine of over Rs 16 lakh." The officials also said they consistently conducted checks on private luxury buses across the district to ensure they follow traffic rules, in view of fatal accidents involving private luxury buses in Nashik and elsewhere in the state.
Nashik RTO Pradeep Shinde said, "We are continuously acting against erring motorists across the district.
However, overloading trucks and buses are continuously on our radar. Over four months, private bus operators were booked for violation of different rules."
Officials said that most of the time, buses do not have properly functioning reflectors and indicators.
"There are also buses that do not carry fire-fighting instruments. Bus operators are found negligent about getting the non-functioning indicators, reflectors, wipers, lights, etc.,
repaired. However, these small things at times become the major reason for accidents," said an official.
However, there were also some bus operators who did not have the mandatory fitness certificates or did not pay the annual taxes, apart from the regular problem of carrying more than the permissible number of passengers in the buses.
A senior official from the Nashik RTO said, "Across the district, our flying squads are on the roads keeping a check on the overload trucks and private buses.
The action against such vehicles is taken on the Mumbai-Agra Highway, NashikPune Highway and other state highways in view of everyone's safety on these roads."