JAMSHEDPUR: Answering to long-pending demands of the people of Jamshedpur, the East Singhbhum district transport office (DTO) on Friday made it mandatory for bus and auto drivers and helpers to wear uniforms from March 1.
District transport officer Dinesh Ranjan said, “Auto drivers will have to wear blue safari suits while bus drivers and helpers will wear khaki safari suits. They will also have to wear badges displaying their names and mobile numbers.”
Ranjan said the uniform will be compulsory for inter-city and interstate bus drivers and helpers.
Ranjan further informed all buses and auto-rickshaws will have the names of the drivers, licence details and Aadhaar numbers pasted on them, which will be signed by the administration and countersigned by the union in-charges. He also said all transport unions have agreed to the new rules.