Association regional president Hemendra Karnawat Santosh Pandey and general secretary Jaikumar Jain have said that the bus operators have not been able to pay the installments of insurance finance for four months. Buses are not plying and therefore they should not be asked to pay taxes they said. As per discussions held in the meeting it was decided to extend date for depositing tax dues by three months. That decision is still to be implemented. The Indore division president of the association Govind Sharma said the decision to increase the vehicle surrender fee of Rs 100 on non-use buses has not been implemented. There is a nominal fee in the neighboring states of Chhattisgarh Rajasthan Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. “Then why more in Madhya Pradesh? The Ministry of Transport should consider this” said Sharma. Ujjain Divisional Association president Govind Baheti Mandsaur District president Shikharchand Ratadiya Neemuchs Saurabh Kothari said state government gave approval to increase fare by 50 per cent when they demanded 60 per cent fare hike when diesel cist was Rs 76 per litre. Now it Rs 100 per litre but there is no increase in fare. Out of 450 passenger buses in Mandsaur and Neemuch district only 250 passenger buses have become operational.

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