Panel Formed To Check Reasons For Fire In DTC Buses

Four Incidents of Fire Have been reported in the Last two Months!

On Thursday, Delhi transport minister Kailash Gahlot formed a six-member committee to find out the reason behind incidents of fire in the buses run by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC).

As per the statement, it said "Four incidents of fire in DTC buses in the last two months have raised safety concerns. It is considered essential to constitute a committee to investigate the recent incidents of fire in DTC buses, identify the root causes, review the modalities of repair and maintenance, scrutiny and check buses at the various levels of officials and suggest the remedial measures,” read the order signed by Gahlot.

According to the tweet, Delhi Transport Minister tweeted, “Safety of every citizen in Delhi is our priority. In light of recent fire incidents in DTC buses a committee of technical experts and officers has been constituted to identify the root cause of these incidents and suggest remedial measures,” tweeted Thursday.

As per the information, the panel will have a special commissioner (operations) of the transport department, Neeraj Bharti, as its chairperson, and will include members from IIT Delhi and Delhi Technological University among others.

On Wednesday night, a DTC bus near the Delhi Assembly had caught fire. Earlier, another DTC bus had caught fire in Southwest Delhi’s Mahipalpur area. The fire broke out in the engine of the bus. No casualties were reported.