New Delhi: In the third such incident in
just two days, a low-floor DTC bus on Sunday caught fire in the
national capital even as the city government has called for a
high-level meeting tomorrow to discuss the spate of mishaps.
The incident took place at 9.20 am in West Delhi's
Sagarpur area, police said adding the rear tyre of the bus
caught fire but the driver evacuated the passengers safely.
Fire tenders rushed to the spot and doused the blaze.
Yesterday, two low-floor buses had caught fire in the national
capital.
This is the sixth incident in the past 18 days, that a
bus running on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) has caught fire.
Delhi government has instituted an inquiry into
yesterday's incidents and was probing the earlier mishaps too
separately.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, yesterday said she has
convened a high level review meeting on Monday to discuss the
problems in the low floor buses.
The Government had earlier warned Tata Motors of
strong action if the company did not improve maintenance of
the low floor buses.
State transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely had
said the government was "very serious" about the problem and
could consider cancelling the contract to supply the low floor
buses.
As per the contract terms, Tata Motors which has
provided about 800 such low-floor buses to the Delhi
government, is responsible for maintenance of the fleet.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 13, 2009, 19:59