After all, the world is theirs too, says Madras High Court while issuing a slew of directions to make public transport accessible to the disabled
1 year, 10 months ago

After all, the world is theirs too, says Madras High Court while issuing a slew of directions to make public transport accessible to the disabled

The Hindu  

“After all, the world is theirs too,” the Madras High Court remarked while issuing a slew of directions to the Government of Tamil Nadu, the State Transport Corporations and private bus manufacturers to make public transport accessible to persons with disabilities, the aged, the pregnant women and children. Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy lamented that not even a single low-floor bus was plying in any part of the State as on date, despite the Supreme Court as well as the High Court having passed several judgements since 2005 for the procurement of such government buses. ‘Develop apps for passengers’ Since it was reported to the court that the 499 low floor buses would be operated in Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore, the judges ordered the development of mobile apps in each of the four cities so that passengers could know about the plying of the buses on a real-time basis, and wait at the bus stops accordingly. The Bench also ordered that the respective municipal corporations must strive to continuously improve the quality of the roads, their maneuvering capacity and should scientifically lay the bumps/speed breakers enabling the smooth running of the low floor buses so that bad roads do not end up being a deterrent in the future.

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Mini-buses coming soon to fill the last-mile gap on Chennai outskirts
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2 weeks ago

Mini-buses coming soon to fill the last-mile gap on Chennai outskirts

The Hindu  

Residents on Chennai outskirts are handicapped by the lack of bus services for the last leg of their commute. On February 28, Chennai Collector Rashmi Siddharth Zagade invited applications from mini-bus operators to ply on 72 routes identified by the Commissionerate of Transport and Road Safety. “The Joint Transport Commissioners of North and South would be involved in the issue …

Tamil Nadu’s Move Towards Private Bus and Minibus Sparks Privatisation Fears Among TNSTC Employees
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Tamil Nadu’s Move Towards Private Bus and Minibus Sparks Privatisation Fears Among TNSTC Employees

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 24, 2025 23:17 IST - 13 MINS READ When the Tamil Nadu government announced it would operate private buses on a contract basis alongside State-run buses during Deepavali 2024, the public cheered the move, welcoming the effort to manage the holiday rush and ensure smoother travel. Arumugam Ramalingam, general secretary of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporations …

Tamil Nadu lowers height requirement for women bus conductors to 150 cm
1 month ago

Tamil Nadu lowers height requirement for women bus conductors to 150 cm

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu may see more women conductors on government buses in the next few months as the state transport department has revised the height requirement for female conductors by 10cm from 160cm to 150cm. Though the combined workers strength of eight state transport corporations is about 90,000, there are only a handful of women conductors in the state. The …

1,314 government buildings in States and U.T.s made accessible for differently-abled persons: Union Minister
1 month ago

1,314 government buildings in States and U.T.s made accessible for differently-abled persons: Union Minister

The Hindu  

A total of 1,314 Government-owned public buildings in States and Union Territories identified during access audits have been made accessible for Divyangjans under the Accessible India Campaign, according to Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment B.L. In addition, all the 709 A 1, A and B categories of railway stations have been provided with many short-term facilities, like …

Mini bus fares hiked in Tamil Nadu; to be effective from May 1
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Mini bus fares hiked in Tamil Nadu; to be effective from May 1

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government has proposed to levy fare ranging between ₹4 and ₹10 a person for travel up to 20 km in the mini bus. According to the New Comprehensive Scheme, 2024 it has finalised earlier this month, the fare would be ₹4 for travel up to 4 km or till the second stage. “The rolling out of the …

Ensure adequate buses for passengers during Sankranti, APSRTC chief tells staff
2 months, 1 week ago

Ensure adequate buses for passengers during Sankranti, APSRTC chief tells staff

The Hindu  

Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation Chairman Konakalla Narayana on December 10 urged officials of the public transport carrier to ensure that no passenger waiting at the bus stand should be left behind during the Sankranti festival. He directed the officials to deploy staff on special duty at bus stations for continuous monitoring of the situation and ensure regular review …

Bus crew shortage, mismanagement cost Tamil Nadu STUs Rs 495 crore, says CAG report
3 months, 1 week ago

Bus crew shortage, mismanagement cost Tamil Nadu STUs Rs 495 crore, says CAG report

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The cancellation of scheduled trips due to shortage of crew to operate buses has resulted in the State Transport Undertakings in Tamil Nadu reporting a total revenue loss of Rs 495.27 crore from 2017-18 to 2021-22. A report of the office of Comptroller and Auditor General tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, however, revealed that hundreds of bus drivers …

Low-floor buses ineffective without accessible bus shelters, say disability-rights activists in Coimbatore
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Low-floor buses ineffective without accessible bus shelters, say disability-rights activists in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

With 100 new low-floor buses set to arrive in Coimbatore, disability rights activists have raised concerns over their effectiveness, citing the lack of accessibility at many bus shelters. “If low-floor buses are introduced in Coimbatore, their effectiveness will be compromised if bus shelters are not designed with accessibility in mind,” said A. Kanniyappan, a local disability rights activist. However, without …

TNSTC, Coimbatore, to replace 100 red buses with new ultra low-floor buses over the next two months
6 months, 2 weeks ago

TNSTC, Coimbatore, to replace 100 red buses with new ultra low-floor buses over the next two months

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation, Coimbatore, will replace over 55% of the low-floor red buses plying on city routes with ultra low-floor buses. Out of the 180 low-floor red buses that TNSTC, Coimbatore, operates on city routes, 100 will be replaced with the ultra low-floor buses, S. Sridharan, general manager, TNSTC, Coimbatore, said. During December 2023, the State government …

100 new govt buses flagged off; Chennai gets 58 low-floor coaches
7 months, 2 weeks ago

100 new govt buses flagged off; Chennai gets 58 low-floor coaches

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chennai has received its first batch of 58 non-AC low-floor buses which are disabled-friendly and have kneeling facility for wheelchair ramp. The new batch of 58 buses is part of the 100 buses flagged off by Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin on Sunday, which includes 30 new regular buses and 12 refurbished buses. While conventional MTC buses are 11m long, …

95% tickets sold, plan travel for polls: SETC
11 months ago

95% tickets sold, plan travel for polls: SETC

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The state transport department on Monday appealed to commuters planning to travel to their natives to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha election to consider scheduling their journey either on April 16 or 17. State Express Transport Corporation Managing Director R Mohan, in a statement, said that nearly 95% of seats on 2,092 regular services and 1,785 special …

Not Feasible To Operate Only Low Floor Buses In State, Transport Department Tells Madras High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Not Feasible To Operate Only Low Floor Buses In State, Transport Department Tells Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Institute of Road Transport on Friday informed the Madras High Court that it is not technically feasible for the State Transport Undertakings to have only low-floor buses in the state.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was hearing a plea filed by cross-disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar against a tender notification issued by the …

424 low floor buses will start plying in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore from April, T.N. govt. tells HC
2 years, 2 months ago

424 low floor buses will start plying in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore from April, T.N. govt. tells HC

The Hindu  

The State government on Monday informed the Madras High Court that it has received tenders for procurement of 424 low floor buses and that after finalising the successful bidders, those buses would begin plying in Chennai, Madurai and Coimbatore cities by April this year. Raman, representing the transport department, said the tender for procurement of low floor buses had been …

Differently-abled persons move Madras High Court in support of low floor buses for accessibility
2 years, 3 months ago

Differently-abled persons move Madras High Court in support of low floor buses for accessibility

The Hindu  

A woman with mobility impairment on both her lower limbs, a 70-year-old lawyer with 44 years of standing in the Bar, a pregnant college student and a 68-year-old retired entrepreneur have moved Madras High Court in support of a plea to ensure that all intra-city government buses are universally accessible. The activist had challenged a tender notification issued on October …

Not possible to ply only low-floor buses in Tamil Nadu until allied infrastructure is in place fully, govt. tells Madras High Court
2 years, 3 months ago

Not possible to ply only low-floor buses in Tamil Nadu until allied infrastructure is in place fully, govt. tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

It is not possible to ply only low-floor buses in all cities unless and until the allied infrastructure is fully in place, the Tamil Nadu government has told the Madras High Court. She had challenged a government tender notification issued on October 10 for procurement of 1,771 fully built non-AC diesel buses, which included 1,170 buses with a floor height …

PIL in Madras High Court challenges tender notification for supply of MTC buses with floor height of 900 mm
2 years, 4 months ago

PIL in Madras High Court challenges tender notification for supply of MTC buses with floor height of 900 mm

The Hindu  

Cross disability rights activist Vaishnavi Jayakumar has waged yet another legal battle to ensure that all intra-city government buses are universally accessible to persons with disabilities, senior citizens, pregnant women and others. The notification had called for tenders for supplying 1,771 fully built non-AC diesel buses which included 1,170 buses with a floor height of 900 mm. She contended that …

Tamil Nadu government running special buses for Deepavali
2 years, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu government running special buses for Deepavali

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Arrangements have been made to run 16,888 bus services to enable people travel to their native places for Deepavali in three days starting from Friday, October 21, and also operate 13,152 buses for them to return to their workplaces after the festival from October 24 to 26. So from Madhavaram new bus stand, buses going through Red Hills to …

T.N. govt. must procure buses in conformity with PWD Act, rules and harmonised guidelines: Madras HC
2 years, 8 months ago

T.N. govt. must procure buses in conformity with PWD Act, rules and harmonised guidelines: Madras HC

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has ordered that all buses to be procured by the State government for public transport must conform to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016, the statutory rules framed under it in 2017 and the Harmonised Guidelines and Space Standards for Barrier Free Environment for Persons with Disabilities of 2016 issued by the Centre. …

'Appropriate Measures Should Have Been Taken Much Earlier': Madras HC Directs State To Submit Road Map For Purchasing Disabled Friendly Buses
3 years, 6 months ago

'Appropriate Measures Should Have Been Taken Much Earlier': Madras HC Directs State To Submit Road Map For Purchasing Disabled Friendly Buses

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday directed the State government to submit a road map for purchasing disabled-friendly buses in 4 weeks time. During an earlier hearing dated July 22 the Court had restrained the State government from purchasing any new buses for the purpose of public transport unless such buses are disabled-friendly as per the statutory requirements under the …

Madras High Court Restrains State Govt From Purchasing Public Transport Buses Without Disabled Friendly Amenities
3 years, 7 months ago

Madras High Court Restrains State Govt From Purchasing Public Transport Buses Without Disabled Friendly Amenities

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday restrained the State government from purchasing any new buses for the purpose of public transport unless such buses are disabled-friendly as per the statutory requirements under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2017. The Court noted that Rule 15 of the 2017 Rules mandates …

Madras HC Restrains TN Govt From Purchasing Buses That Are Not Disable-Friendly
3 years, 7 months ago

Madras HC Restrains TN Govt From Purchasing Buses That Are Not Disable-Friendly

News 18  

The Madras High Court on Thursday restrained the Tamil Nadu government from purchasing buses for public transport unless they are disabled- friendly. Advocate General R. Shanmughasundaram said that the government is purchasing disabled-friendly buses in phases as the poor condition of the roads would damage low-floor buses. One of the writ petitioners, disability rights advocate Vaishnavi Jaikumar, contended that the …

Free bus service rolled out
3 years, 10 months ago

Free bus service rolled out

The Hindu  

On the first day of free bus travel for women, thousands of passengers travelled on about 5,600 ordinary fare buses across Tamil Nadu and on 1,700 buses in Chennai on Saturday. An ordinary fare bus will halt at all stops, and it will be helpful to women,” said a senior official of the Transport Department. “Women farmers and those who …

Delhi: Buses are not enough
5 years, 4 months ago

Delhi: Buses are not enough

India Today  

To prevent pollution in the National Capital, the Odd-Even scheme of the Delhi government has been implemented once again from Monday. Delhi Contract Bus Association general secretary Harish Sabharwal said this request came 2 days ago, the government came to hire private buses, due to which we have been able to give around 1010 buses. Timeline Delhi government provided a …

Consumers move Madras High Court over excess bus fares
5 years, 4 months ago

Consumers move Madras High Court over excess bus fares

Deccan Chronicle  

Ooty: The Coonoor Consumer Protection Association has the moved Madras High Court, seeking action against the State-run TNSTC administration in Nilgiris for its alleged continuous indulgence in unfair trade practice, there by fleecing passengers. S. Manogaran, president of the CCPA, said that the state-owned TNSTC buses continue to collect excess fare in certain routes in the guise of operating “express” …

Govt slammed over inaccessible transport for differently abled
6 years, 9 months ago

Govt slammed over inaccessible transport for differently abled

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court has pulled up the city government for “not taking a single step for ensuring accessible transport” for the differently abled, while restraining it from procuring standard-floor buses. A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C. Hari Shankar remarked that the government and the Delhi Transport Corporation were treating the differently abled as “non-existent”. …

Mark out bus types to charge new rates: Madras High court
7 years, 1 month ago

Mark out bus types to charge new rates: Madras High court

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High court on Monday directed the commissioner of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation to file his response on a petition demanding not to implement the ticket hike until the government differentiated the ordinary and express buses with different colours. An advocate Rajendran from Tiruchy in his petition filed in the court said …

Tamil Nadu government cuts bus fares by 4 per cent-20 per cent
7 years, 1 month ago

Tamil Nadu government cuts bus fares by 4 per cent-20 per cent

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Under pressure from the public and the opposition, the Tamil Nadu government reduced the bus fares in selected services. According to the new fares announced by the transport department on Sunday, the slab per kilometer is reduced from 60 paise to 58 paise for ordinary buses, 80 paise to 75 paise for express, 90 paise to 85 paise for …

Delhi HC slams state government for not buying disabled-friendly buses due to high cost
7 years, 3 months ago

Delhi HC slams state government for not buying disabled-friendly buses due to high cost

Firstpost  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the city government for not buying low-floor disabled-friendly CNG buses due to their high cost. New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the city government for not buying low-floor disabled-friendly CNG buses due to their high cost. “For the last 10 years you have justified …

Submit report on transport arrangements, Chief Justice tells Tamil Nadu government
7 years, 4 months ago

Submit report on transport arrangements, Chief Justice tells Tamil Nadu government

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the special government pleader to submit a detailed report on the transport arrangements made for ‘devotees’ thronging to the ‘Thevar Jayanthi’ event at Pasumponn in Ramanathapuram district. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice J Nisha Banu issued this direction on a petition seeking to …

Low-floor buses: plea to end duty
15 years, 1 month ago

Low-floor buses: plea to end duty

Hindustan Times  

To give a fillip to public transport in the country, the Union Urban Development Ministry has sought a complete waiver on excise duty in procurement of modern low-floor buses in the coming budget. HT Image The waiver, UD Ministry officials said, is being sought on the purchase of low floor buses under the Centre’s flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal …

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