Tarun Karthick
Port Blair, 23 March 2023
A State Transport Bus on its return journey from Shastri Nagar to Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar skidded off the highway whereas passing by visitors from the opposite facet of the highway and stopped in need of hitting a tree on the facet of the highway.
The bus was carrying passengers on the time of the accident, and thankfully, no passenger or employees member was injured.
According to sources, the bus had developed some issues with its brake. Apparently, a leak had developed in some pipe, leading to strain loss within the air-operated braking system.
Bad roads and poorly maintained buses are nothing new in distant Islands, and Great Nicobar isn’t any exception.
Earlier, on twenty fourth January 2023, a State Transport Bus had skidded off the highway in Great Nicobar Island. On 18th November 2022, an STS bus by chance smashed an outdated woman’s legs exterior PHC Campbell Bay gate.
While residents in Port Blair take pleasure in tremendous luxurious rides within the public AC Buses, residents of distant Islands like Great Nicobar nonetheless need to journey in outdated and under-maintained buses.
The parity in public transportation in city and rural areas of the Islands is growing daily. It looks as if officers have stopped fascinated about enhancing the standard of public transportation in rural areas.
When the general public and political leaders of Great Nicobar demanded new buses final yr, two outdated buses had been despatched to Great Nicobar with out even repairing them correctly.
