Goel to approach NHRC again on Blueline issue

Goel to approach NHRC again on Blueline issue

“Issue has gained more importance because of the recent sting”
Says the matter involves the life of millions in Delhi
Not contend with plans to phase out Bluelines


NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister Vijay Goel announced on Friday that he would again approach the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to demand that it take up the issue of the Blueline bus menace in the Capital seriously as the matter involved the life and limbs of millions of people in the city.
In a statement, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said the issue of Blueline buses killing people assumed greater significance in the wake of a recent “sting operation” that showed traffic police personnel taking bribes from Blueline bus operators.
Stating that nearly 100 police personnel had been shown taking bribes in the “sting operation”, the BJP leader said this just indicated how deep the malaise ran.
On Mr. Goel’s previous petition in the matter filed on last October 26, the NHRC had sent a notice to the Delhi Government which had replied that it was bringing in private buses owned by big operators to gradually phase out Bluelines buses and also the fleet of the Delhi Transport Corporation was being expanded to meet the needs of the commuters.
But, the BJP leader said, this was not good enough as people were still losing their lives to the rashly driven Bluelines.
In such a scenario, Mr. Goel said the NHRC should not have closed the case on the ground that the matter was now in court.