Delhi Transport Minister reviews preparation and SOPs ahead of resuming inter-state travel in Delhi…
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*-Social distancing protocols and testing camps in case of any emergency to be set up at all 3 ISBTs.
Delhi Transport Minister Shri Kailash Gahlot today reviewed the preparations made ahead of resuming Inter-state bus services in Delhi on Tuesday, 3rd November 2020. The meeting was attended by senior officers from Transport Department, Delhi Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (DTIDC), Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) and Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System Ltd.(DIMTS). The 3 Interstate Bus Terminals (ISBTs) at Kashmere Gate, Sarai Kale Khan and Anand Vihar , used to cater to passengers to a tune of 3500 trips of interstate buses and 2000 trips of local buses daily. This will be the first time interstate bus travel will be allowed in Delhi since COVID lockdown was announced by the Government of India (GoI)
For ensuring safety of both passengers and crew, detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) have been put in place prior to resuming services. The interstate buses shall be sanitized by the respective Depots of bus operators at the point of origin and before departure from the respective ISBT. Thermal checking of both passengers and bus crew at boarding and at the point of entry to ISBTs will also be mandatory.
Passengers have to mandatorily wear face mask and no standing passengers will be allowed in the buses. Social distancing will be ensured on ground station, at the time of boarding of passengers and inside the bus as per government guidelines. These will be done through markers on ground and waiting areas, similar to the ones in all buses and metro. In addition to these, testing camps for Rapid/ RT-PCR tests have also been set up at all 3 ISBT’s in case any asymptomatic passenger shows signs of illness post thermal screening.
In a meeting to review preparations ahead of resuming of Inter-state travel, Mr.Gahlot said ” The safety of both passengers and staff and crew are of utmost priority to us. We’ve been carefully monitoring patterns of travelling since we resumed bus services, and even though inter-state travel is a challenge, we are ensuring sanitization at every point. Apart from this, regular announcements and sensitization of passengers about Covid-19 precautions through audio – visual communication is also being undertaken. Strict ban on use of Gutka, Tobacco products, etc. in the premises of ISBTs shall be made”.