As reported by Swapna Tarafdar in chennaionline.com on 29 June 2008:
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Identity cards must for DTC ticket checking staff
New Delhi, Jun 29 Next time you are travelling by a DTC bus and are asked to produce a ticket, do check the authenticity of the transport inspector as it is mandatory for them to carry their identity cards.
In reply to an
RTI application filed by Mandavali resident Ashkeen Ahmed, the public information officer (
PIO) of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) A K Goyal said the DTC employee checking the tickets of commuters in a bus should produce their I-cards on demand.
Designated as conductors, Assistant Transport Inspectors, Transport Inspectors and Travel supervisors, it is mandatory for these employees in the job of checking tickets to carry their I-card, the
PIO said.
If they refuse to produce the I-card on demand, a complaint with details of the person and the bus in which the incident happened should be submitted with the nearest regional office or the central grievance cell at Pragati Maidan or the transport department at Scindia House.
Though the
PIO failed to mention the number of persons who could check in each bus, he stated that it is compulsory for the transport inspector of DTC buses to be in uniform when on duty.
Disciplinary action will be taken if any complaint in this regard is produced.
Ahmed, 19, was compelled to file the
RTI after being harassed by DTC Transport Inspectors on two different occasions. (Agencies)