Chandigarh, January 22
Haryana Transport and Energy Minister Sh. Anil Vij has said that a study is being done on installing automatic systems on the main roads of Haryana through which it will be known whether a particular vehicle is fit to run on the road or not. Apart from this, a survey of obsolete buses of Haryana is also being done. As natural resources like diesel and petrol are slowly depleting, the use of electric buses will be promoted in the state.
Sh. Vij was answering questions of mediapersons during his halt at Nangal Chaudhary today while returning after attending the meeting of Energy Ministers held in Jaipur yesterday. He said in the meeting, discussions and deliberations were held on promoting solar energy.
When asked on safe school vehicle rules being violated, the minister said recently action has been taken against a school in Kaithal by him. He called upon all school operators to work according to the rules related to school vehicles, otherwise action will be taken.
’Overloading of vehicles a concern’
Responding to a question on the problem of overloading of vehicles in the mining sector, Sh. Vij said, “It is true that overloading damages roads, people lose their lives, and this leads to theft and corruption. Recently, there was a meeting of all transport ministers of the country in Delhi, in which an idea came up that a gadget will be installed to monitor the weight of the vehicle. Everyone is concerned about overloading of vehicles.”
Sh. Vij said, “Recently a meeting was taken by Union Road and Transport Minister Sh. Nitin Gadkari. During that meeting, I told officials of the Transport Corporation that since you have such a big association, you should set rules for yourself on not driving overloaded vehicles and the duty hours of the staff should also be fixed. The Transport Corporation should make some system on its own, otherwise if the government makes it, it will strictly implement it.”
Approval given to purchase 550 buses: Vij
Responding to a question regarding the purchase of buses in the Haryana Roadways, he said, “Recently, approval was given in the High Power Purchase Committee meeting to purchase 550 buses. Apart from this, a survey of obsolete buses of Haryana is also being conducted.” On a question regarding electric buses, he said at present, electric buses are only available in cities but we want to promote electric buses because the natural resources like diesel and petrol are depleting.
’Vehicles without permit and number plates will not be allowed to run’
The minister said vehicles without permit and without number plates will not be allowed to run in Haryana and in this regard, he has issued necessary instructions. He has also called a meeting of all RTOs to discuss this issue.
