PUBLIC SERVICE * India - 'Make use of low-floor BEST buses'
(Video from YouTube, by tandelbaba -10 May 2010: BEST Double-Decker bus doing a good job in mild Mumbai Traffic!!!!!)
Mumbai,India -The Times of India, by Somit Sen -Jul 24, 2010: -- After its recent decision to reserve more seats for women and senior citizens, the BEST now wants to encourage wheelchair-bound senior citizens/handicapped persons to avail of the low-floor "disabled-friendly" buses... There are 30 such buses plying the city and suburbs. The buses were launched in 2005 following a court directive, but got a poor response... BEST committee member, Ravi Raja, claimed that not a single wheelchair-bound person has availed of the service till date. "BEST has failed to meet the purpose for which the buses were launched,'' he stated... "We are appealing to spastics society, hospitals and other institutions to create awareness about our special buses," a senior official said...
* India - DTC’s AC buses full of hot air
New Delhi,India -The Hindustan Times, by Atul Mathur -July 24, 2010: -- The Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC) swanky air-conditioned buses are slowly proving to be a dud in Delhi’s muggy weather. Many of the low-floor buses are still waiting to hit the road, thanks to ineffective air-conditioning. In fact, there have been regular complaints of poor cooling in most buses running on Delhi roads for the past one year... DTC sources said the problem is more serious in buses manufactured by Ashok Leyland. Of 1,250 AC buses that will add to the DTC’s fleet before the Commonwealth Games, Ashok Leyland is to supply 350... Ashok Leyland recently called experts from Spain to rectify the problem. “On close inspection, we found the air curtain — which separates hot air in the atmosphere from cool air inside the bus — at both the doors was ineffective,” said Naresh Kumar, DTC chairman and managing director... According to an Ashok Leyland spokesperson, a team of engineers from Hispacold, the Spanish company that supplied ACs for the low floor buses, and Ashok Leyland looked into the problem and suggested addition of few extra slots for cold air inside the bus and improvement in air curtain at the door...
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