No permit, licence, RC: Uttarakhand Roadways’ bus driver fined ₹25,000 in Chandigarh

The Uttarakhand bus also didn’t have any insurance or pollution certificate and its driver was neither wearing the mandatory uniform nor a name badge

A bus driver travelling on an inter-state route without a permit, driving licence or registration certificate. That’s what officials of the Chandigarh state transport authority (STA) discovered on checking an Uttarakhand Transport Corporation (UTC) bus at the Sector-17 ISBT on Friday.

The violations were discovered during an inspection by the Chandigarh state transport authority at the Sector-17 ISBT. (HT Photo)

These, though, were not the only documents that the driver couldn’t produce. The bus also didn’t have any insurance or pollution certificate and its driver was neither wearing the mandatory uniform nor a name badge.

Cracking the whip, the STA slapped multiple fines on the driver, totalling ₹25,000.

Among them was a ₹10,000 fine for not having a valid inter-state permit, ₹5,000 each for driving without a driving licence and a registration certificate, ₹2,000 each for not having a pollution under control certificate and insurance, and ₹500 each for not wearing the mandatory uniform and name badge.

“The bus was impounded and released after the fines were paid,” said an STA official.

High drama also erupted when the driver was fined for violations. Some UTC employees alleged that only the uniform of UTC bus drivers was checked, while employees of other states’ roadways were let off.