Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Delhi government's threat to invoke the Essential Maintenance Services Act hasn't worked with 2,200 Blueline buses staying off the roads on Thursday.
The private buses are not running ever since the state government launched a crackdown against the Blueline buses.
Also notoriously called the ‘killer buses’, the Blueline buses claimed more than 60 lives this year alone.
To meet the shortfall in the blueline buses on roads on Thursday, the state-run Delhi Transport Corporation deployed additional 950 buses yesterday.
Over 100 buses of the UP Roadways were also in service on Thursday but it also failed to meet the shortfall.
With the additional deployment, DTC, which was running in Rs 90-lakh operational loss per day, claimed to have made a profit of Rs 10 lakh on Thursday.
Despite the increase in the DTC buses on roads, commuters were seen waiting for at least half-an-hour at bus stops as the frequency of buses reduced drastically on Thursday.
Taking advantage of the situation, auto drivers demanded extortionate fares from the passengers stranded at the bus stops.
Many passengers preferred to travel by Metro as the journey was safe although expensive as compared to the journey by buses.
The passengers are surely facing a lot of trouble and are hoping that things come back to normal as soon as possible.
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