Bhopal Municipal Corporation to hold eye-camps for bus drivers

BHOPAL: In a bid to keep a check on the fitness of drivers of the red buses operating in the state capital, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) will organize regular eye check-up camps for the bus drivers every month. Besides, the track- record of the drivers would also be analysed on a regular basis.
"Considering the increasing number of accidents involving the city transport buses, we have decided to organize eye check up camps for the drivers every month," BMC commissioner Rajneesh Shrivastava told TOI.
"The drivers will also be physically examined and their records drives will also be checked and updated," he added.
Prasanna Purple Bus Services Private limited, which is operating the bus services under the public private partnership (PPP) model with the BMC, organizes a eye check up camp for the bus drivers every six months. "We had organized an eye check-up camp for the drivers around six months ago. The report of this camp has revealed that eye sight of all the drivers is normal," Sanjeev Khare, CEO, Prasanna Purple Bus Services, told TOI.
However, requesting anonymity, BMC officials said that of the 255 drivers, as many as 50 are suffering from problems related to eye-sight.
The accident on September 22 at Pul Bogda that claimed one life was the fourth accident involving low floor bus in a month. Three persons were injured in different accidents.
Despite warnings and instructions from the BMC, the bus operators are yet to install speed governors in the buses. In February this year, UAD minister Babulal Gaur had instructed the officials to install speed governors in the low floor buses so that the speed of the bus does not exceed 40 km / hour.