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NEW DELHI: Nitin Gadkari<\/a>, the Union Minister for Road, Transport, and Highways<\/a>, announced on Friday that he has finalised criteria for bus body construction that will be uniformly applied to both OEMs and bus body builders. The government minister claimed in a post on X that this action will open the door for more advancements in India’s bus quality, with a particular emphasis on ensuring passenger safety in emergency situations. “It is urgent to improve the quality of bus body construction in Bharat given the rising number of bus accidents,” I’ve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span>approval\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guidelines\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>building\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bodies,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>OEMs\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>body\u00a0<\/span>builders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>follow\u00a0<\/span><\/span>uniformly.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>action\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>open\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>door\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>advancements\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>standard\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>particular\u00a0<\/span>emphasis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>maintaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passenger\u00a0<\/span>safety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emergency\u00a0<\/span>situations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadkari.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hope\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>stakeholders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>support\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>initiative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>ensure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>safety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occupants,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Crime\u00a0<\/span>Records\u00a0<\/span>Bureau\u00a0<\/span>(NCRB)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>data,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>issued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>buses\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>blame\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>roughly\u00a0<\/span>3%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accidents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW DELHI: Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road, Transport, and Highways, announced on Friday that he has finalised criteria for bus body construction that will be uniformly applied to both OEMs and bus body builders. 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