Telangana Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy on Wednesday claimed that there was no decline in the occupancy rate of RTC buses due to the plying of buses run by private operators and the lack of coordination between the concerned departments in the state.
Replying to a question raised by MLA N Bhaskar Rao and others during Question Hour in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, the minister disclosed that the occupancy rates were as follows:
To strengthen the RTC, weekly joint meetings were being conducted by the transport department and the RTC every Tuesday with effect from October 28, 2014, to review the Special Drive activity of the previous week carried out by the AMVIs attached to the RTC for enforcement to curb illegal operations by private operators. (INN)