Bomb scare puts MSRTC officials on high alert

Pune | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

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Strict instructions have been given to security guards posted at different bus depots to be alert and prevent the movement of suspicious people around depots.“In Pune, bus depots are located at Swargate, Shivajinagar and Pimpri Chinchwad. If a person is found in a parked bus, s/he must produce a ticket. All depots have adequate security guards and they’ve been asked to keep a watch on people loitering in the depot and on parked buses. Pune: The Pune division of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) has sounded a high alert following the recovery of an improvised explosive device on a state transport bus at Apta village in Raigad.Over 3,000 MSRTC buses originate from the Pune division each day and nearly an equal number of vehicles reach the city, officials said. We are also in touch with the police and the depots have operational CCTV cameras for proper surveillance,” an official said..