<p> The suspicion that most chartered buses in Delhi are registered on fake addresses is getting stronger after a tepid response to the Transport Department’s drive to verify details of vehicle owners.</p>.<p>A drive launched in May has been given a miss by almost half of the 1,000 charted bus owners, said a senior official.</p>.<p>“We had sent notices to about 1,000 bus owners but only around 500 have responded with details of their current addresses,” said an official.<br /><br />The department is now planning to act against the transporters who failed to join the annual exercise that was followed more diligently after the December 16, 2012 gang-rape in a private bus.<br /><br />The owner of the vehicle used in the barbaric incident, Dinesh Yadav, lived in Noida but had got his bus registered on a fake north Delhi address.<br /><br />According to the transport official, all owners of chartered buses were issued notices on May 3 and were given time till May 31 to respond along with updated details of their addresses.<br /><br />“We also gave them some grace period but only 500 bus owners complied with the direction,” he said, adding this raises suspicious of bogus addresses.<br /><br />A drive to weed out permits registered under bogus addresses has been launched and information related to the outcome would be put up on the Transport Department’s website, he said.<br /><br />“Schools and companies using the services of these vehicles can also see the details and get alert,” he said.<br /><br />An official said most clients of such dubious transporters, whose vehicles are registered on fake addresses or have no permits, remain oblivious about their wrong doings. <br /><br />Even the bus used in the December 16 did not have a valid permit.<br /><br />“The permit of that bus had expired long before the incident took place. Yet, at the time of the incident, the vehicle was being used to ferry students </p>.<p><br />of two prestigious south Delhi schools,” said an official.<br /><br />The bus owner later face proceedings for cheating, he said.<br /></p>
<p> The suspicion that most chartered buses in Delhi are registered on fake addresses is getting stronger after a tepid response to the Transport Department’s drive to verify details of vehicle owners.</p>.<p>A drive launched in May has been given a miss by almost half of the 1,000 charted bus owners, said a senior official.</p>.<p>“We had sent notices to about 1,000 bus owners but only around 500 have responded with details of their current addresses,” said an official.<br /><br />The department is now planning to act against the transporters who failed to join the annual exercise that was followed more diligently after the December 16, 2012 gang-rape in a private bus.<br /><br />The owner of the vehicle used in the barbaric incident, Dinesh Yadav, lived in Noida but had got his bus registered on a fake north Delhi address.<br /><br />According to the transport official, all owners of chartered buses were issued notices on May 3 and were given time till May 31 to respond along with updated details of their addresses.<br /><br />“We also gave them some grace period but only 500 bus owners complied with the direction,” he said, adding this raises suspicious of bogus addresses.<br /><br />A drive to weed out permits registered under bogus addresses has been launched and information related to the outcome would be put up on the Transport Department’s website, he said.<br /><br />“Schools and companies using the services of these vehicles can also see the details and get alert,” he said.<br /><br />An official said most clients of such dubious transporters, whose vehicles are registered on fake addresses or have no permits, remain oblivious about their wrong doings. <br /><br />Even the bus used in the December 16 did not have a valid permit.<br /><br />“The permit of that bus had expired long before the incident took place. Yet, at the time of the incident, the vehicle was being used to ferry students </p>.<p><br />of two prestigious south Delhi schools,” said an official.<br /><br />The bus owner later face proceedings for cheating, he said.<br /></p>