Centre Govt Takes Note of Bus Fire Accidents on Jaisalmer, Kurnool

It issued an advisory to all States and Union Territories (UTs) for compliance with AIS:052 and AIS:119 at the time of registration and during fitness inspection as per Rule 62 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. 

In the sleeper coach fire on Jaisalmer to Jodhpur



route, it has been observed that bus length was beyond the permissible limit, emergency doors do not meet the minimum dimensional requirements, passenger seats obstructed the passage to the emergency door, only one roof hatch was provided instead of two roof hatches, roof luggage carrier provided with ladder, driver cabin partition was present and fire detection and suppression system was not fitted as per requirements of Central Motor vehicle Rules (CMVR) 1989.