Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS)

Bengaluru, Aug 31: The RTO has tweeted the photos of their officers standing in front of private buses saying that they were inspecting the accusation by the public regarding excess fare.

However, the public has criticised this as an eye wash. Citizens are questioning what evidence will the RTO officials get if they stand in front of the bus that is ready to start. If actually the department wished to put an end to over charging of fare by private bus operators, this kind of name sake operation would not have been done, they said.

A person tweeted, “Bus checking is not done near the highway toll gate. It should be done near the ticket booking centre. How much fine have you slapped on him?”

Another netizen tweeted, “If anyone looks at the online booking of private bus operators the picture becomes clear. During off season, they will run the buses even if they are near empty. If you people are really concerned, withdraw the 5% GST. What is the guarantee that the 5% GST collected from us goes to the government?”

"This is not the first instance of private bus operators charging more than double the normal price during festive seasons. Why is the RTO, which was not bothered about this for so many years, making this kind of a showoff? If they really want to take action they could have taken the print out of the websites of private bus operators and register a case on them. In addition, they could have gone to the office of these private bus operators in civil attire and asked for a ticket and known how much they are charging," says another netizen.

Now the public is urging the RTO to share the amount of fine that is slapped on the private bus operators and also the number of buses that are seized.