No private buses in Bengaluru for 4 months!
Bengaluru, May 17: Private bus owners have decided not to run their vehicles for four more months.
The last 15 days have seen a relaxation in the Corona lockdown, which is two-month-old. As a result, bus service has been provided in some places, albeit with a restriction in the number of passengers. The private bus owners fear loss due to the reduction in the number of passengers and have preferred not to bring out their buses until the lockdown is opened completely. They have said that the buses will not be brought to the roads till September-end.
“Providing our services now will cause heavy loss for us. If the government insists that the buses be used, it should waiver our road tax for six months,” the members of the private bus owners' association has demanded.
They have expressed a willingness to discuss the matter with the government, but added, “We will still agree to provide service only if our demands are fulfilled. The rates of diesel and spare parts of the vehicles have been hiked. Payment of wages to our staff too adds to our expenditure. Taking all such things into account, we can afford to follow the government guidelines and get our buses to the streets only if we are given a tax waiver.”
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
