Death Sentence for Blueline Busses…!!

The blueline buses, which earned notoriety for reckless driving, will be off the Delhi roads completely from December 14. Already the effect of this decision can be seen on roads with traffic easing out and pedestrians feeling safer. these buses were not only famous for their kills but also were the root cause of slow traffic on major stretches across Delhi …………….as they stop wherever they want to pick up passengers halting traffic, change lanes, breaking the rhythm of traffic,fighting/abusing the passerby’s so often that you feel scared even to drive near them and of course their drivers were blind to people walking on the road.

The Delhi High Court supported the government’s decision to phase out Bluelines in public interest, asserting that the government had the power to do so. When bus operators pleaded about losing their livelihood, the court silenced them by asking how the families of Blueline victims were surviving.
According to government statistics, 182 people lost their lives in accidents involving Bluelines in 2005; 163 in 2006; 108 in 2008; and 115 in 2009.
True the citizens might feel concerned about the transportation problems but the Government seems to have taken care of that also. The Delhi cabinet is ushering in more private buses into the city to fill the Blueline vacuum. It has given its approval for four more bus clusters -- comprising 682 buses -- that will take the number of privately operated buses in the next six months to 914. These will be in lieu of the 2400-odd Blueline buses which are being phased out, with December 14 being the final deadline.

Kudos to our Delhi government….This should have done a long time back but Better late than never….!!