WhatsApp-based ticketing system will work in line with the Delhi metro. There might be a marginal convenience fee applied to transactions made via credit or debit card, however, no convenience fee is charged for UPI-based transactions.
The injured have been hospitalised, police said. Meanwhile, further investigations are underway.
A protesting Civil Defence Volunteer said that they were staging the protest as due have not been paid for four months. Delhi Police issued a traffic advisory for the commuters in view of the protest.
Delhi news: The complainant further informed that the DTC bus depot manager is demanding a bribe through driver Lalit Yadav and conductor Sita Ram.
Delhi bus accident: One unknown person was brought dead at Holy Family Hospital in Delhi on Wednesday while two of the injured are in critical condition, informed Delhi Police.
Delhi News: According to transport department officials, the decision was taken earlier by the senior Transport department and DTC officials considering the need of more buses to be pressed for commuters and the schools were informed in advance.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal flagged off 150 new electric buses from Indraprastha Depot on May 24.
Reports suggest that two shops that were next to the bus had also caught fire.
Terming the flag off as the beginning of an era of the environmentally friendly public transport system in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister said 2000 electric buses will be procured by the government in coming years.
The incident occured on a Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus on the Dhaula Kuan-Mayur Vihar route.
A notification issued by the health department of the state government said the capacity (number of oxygen cylinders) will be increased in phase wise as per the demands.
Currently, there are over 3,700 DTC buses, out of which nearly 10 per cent are under special hire.
The low-floor DTC buses are extensively used for movement of police and paramilitary personnel for deployment in various parts of Delhi.
Police used tear gas on groups of farmers and resorted to baton charge as protestors broke past barricades with tractors at different border points and did not take the pre-decided routes for their march in the national capital.
Delhi Transport Corporation bus ran into the boundary wall of NITI Aayog building late last night. The driver was admitted to a hospital.
As the Delhi government on Monday issued guidelines for 'Unlock 1.0', it maintained status quo for restaurants, permitted to operate kitchens for home delivery and takeaway of food items, and DTC with not more than 20 passengers at a time.
With passengers stranded at New Delhi Railway station amid the lockdown, the Delhi Police on Wednesday said such people can now avail DTC buses for their onward journey from the station.
Last year when the Delhi government appointed 13,000 marshals in public buses it ensured to keep a check on incidents of eve-teasing and violence against women, however, the security personnel weren't provided any means for their own safety.
The announcement by Kejriwal at an event here, comes a day ahead of the roll out of the AAP government's scheme to make travel free of cost for women in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses.
Four men were injured when a speeding DTC bus rammed into three two-wheelers in West Delhi's Hari Nagar area on Saturday evening.
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