Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 29: Former Minister and senior BJP leader Choudhary Sukhnandan Kumar today urged upon the J&K UT administration not to stop operation of e-buses and don’t succumb before the pressure tactics of the privately owned passenger bus operators, who are holding protests against the operation of Smart City e-buses in Jammu City.
How the private transporters can blame the Government for ‘illegally’ running e-bus service in various congested routes of Jammu, questioned Ch Sukhnandan, adding the e-buses have resolved many problems being faced the commuters.
In no case these buses be stopped from operating in the city, urged Sukhnandan Kumar adding Jammuites had a sigh of relief with the operation of these non polluting an spacious e-buses.
In a press statement issued here today, the senior BJP leader also said that these transporters had also protested the introduction of e-rickshaws, but government supported the e-rickshaw supporters and they are operational giving efficient services to the locals and the tourists.
“e- Buses are also plying on uncovered areas of city, and also they are plying on city routes, and this has resolved many complaints of female commuters,” said the BJP leader Ch Sukhnandan Kumar and said that the Government should never stop the operation of e-buses in Jammu.
