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Govt keen to resolve bus operators’ woes
Telangana Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy assured bus operators in the State of resolving all their demands on priority basis.
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Hyderabad: Telangana Transport Minister P Mahender Reddy assured bus operators in the State of resolving all their demands on priority basis. The Minister held a meeting with senior officials at the Secretariat to review the issues concerning the bus operators in Telangana State. The representatives of Telangana State Cabs and Bus Operators Association (TSCBOA) and other organisations were also invited for the meeting.
Reacting to the demand for Telangana government joining the Reciprocal Agreement of Southern States which waives off Border Tax for buses entering the borders of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Minister said a team of two senior officials would be sent to both the States to ensure that Telangana would be made a part of the agreement. Earlier, the agreement was between undivided Andhra Pradesh with Kerala and Tamil Nadu. However, after the bifurcation, both Kerala and Tamil Nadu continued the agreement with only Andhra Pradesh and Border Tax was collected from buses entering from Telangana State.
On rationalisation of taxes, the Minister assured to arrange a meeting of bus and cab operators with Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao at the earliest. Prima facie, he agreed that the taxes should be rationalised as previous rates were based on 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh and the latest slabs should be based on 10 districts of Telangana. Further, Mahender Reddy assured that steps were being taken for continuation of provisions made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, for further period. The provisions, made for cabs and bus operators, were limited for a period of two years from June 2, 2014. The Minister said the implementation of the Act would be extended before it got lapsed in June 2016.
TSCBOA president Syed Nizamuddin, who attended the meeting, thanked the Transport Minister for holding a detailed review on the demands and hoped that the initiative being taken by the State government would provide the required relief to the entire transport industry. He also requested the Minister to arrange the meeting with the Chief Minister at the earliest so that other issues concerning the cabs and bus operators could be resolved. He said the proactive approach by the Transport Minister would give a major boost to the transport and tourism industries in Telangana State.
