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Around 61 bus operators and members of the , a registered association of passenger bus owners in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), are protesting against Ashok Leyland buses, which have been experiencing multiple faults on the road. The bus owners claim that the company has not responded to their concerns and have been staging protests at the company's showroom in Naigaon. The bus association is also affiliated with the Bus and Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI), a national body of passenger vehicles.
“Since the last six months, our members have made many written and verbal complaints to the company and also had meetings with officials about a 13.5-metre-long bus model, which has found various defects resulting in on the road. Due to the rise in the number of such defective vehicles on roads, bus operators have been facing several problems on the road on a daily basis,” Vivek Shetty, one of the bus owners, said.
ADVERTISEMENT “As the vehicle gets stuck on the road late at night, passengers suffer and have to be sent by another bus, suffering mental and also leading to traffic jams as the vehicle gets stuck. There is also a high possibility of an accident with such a defective vehicle, putting passenger lives at stake,” he added. “All these buses were procured about five to six months ago and there was a serious accident involving one of the buses during the .
The blame of any accident then comes on the bus owners and drivers. The bus company is probably.
