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Stranded people can hire private buses to travel back home: Ludhiana administration
Some people, ready to afford private conveyance on their own to return home, had demanded permission to hire buses, says administration spokesman
After arranging train service for stranded people to return to their native places, the administration has allowed the remaining ones to arrange private buses on their own and apply for the pass to travel back home.
According to the district administration, some people, who were ready to afford private conveyance on their own to return home, had demanded permission to hire buses. Therefore, such people have been allowed to do so, but after fulfilling certain conditions, a spokesman of the administration said.
He said, “People who want to book buses have to apply for a curfew pass on the Covid Helpline portal. Before issuing a curfew pass, the administration will ensure that a bus will maintain social distancing and carry only 50% passengers of its capacity. Further, all the passengers will be medically examined before they board the bus.”
“The passengers will have to follow Covid protocols and every passenger will have to wear masks. Moreover, passengers will have to report to the district authorities concerned after reaching their destination district and we will also be informing the district magistrate concerned about such passenger movement,” read the guidelines provided by the Ludhiana police on its official page on the social media.
District public relations officer Prabhdeep Nathowal said, “The buses will not be provided by the administration to stranded passengers, but the passengers will themselves arrange vehicles and apply for curfew movement pass from the district administration.”
On Saturday, the district administration gave permission to around 16 private buses to transport passengers to Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and other states.
However, after the district police posted the details of this facility on their official Facebook page, several stranded people interpreted that private bus operators will be resuming the bus service and they visited the inter-state bus terminus here to enquire about the buses, but they returned disappointed as it was closed for passengers’ entry and they couldn’t find anyone there to get details.
