HC directs DTC to file report on low-floor bus accidents

  • 14/05/2009

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)

New Delhi: Two months ago, a low-floor DTC bus caught fire. Over 70 passengers trapped inside had to break the thick glass of the bus windows and jump to safety on Mandir Marg in Central Delhi around 7.20 pm. The passengers later complained to the police that the doors of the bus refused to budge despite several attempts by the driver, making the burning bus a veritable death trap. Fire officials said the bus was completely charred by the time they managed to douse the fire. The incident, however, found no mention on Wednesday when the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) confidently told a High Court Bench, led by Chief Justice A P Shah, that accidents involving the new fleet of low-floor buses are almost impossible. The DTC counsel told the court only two accidents involving these have occurred in the city, when a total of 625 low-floor buses