Mandya: Yesterday’s tragedy at Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk, has once again brought to the fore the issue of RTOs issuing Fitness Certificates to vehicles which are too old or unfit to ply on roads. With 30 people losing their lives in Saturday’s tragedy, people are blaming the RTO officials for issuing Fitness Certificate to the ill-fated bus without bothering to check its fitness to ply on roads. Meanwhile, the Government is said to have suspended the RTO Official who issued the Fitness Certificate to Mangaluru registered ‘Rajakumar’ bus, which plunged into the canal, killing 30 passengers, who also included children who were retuning to their village from school.
Private buses rule the Pandavapura-Mandya route: Private buses are the major means of transport for villagers travelling on Pandavapura-Mandya route, as only one KSRTC bus plies on this route in a day.
