Guwahati: The transport department of the Kamrup Metro district of Assam has made e-ticketing machines mandatory in all city buses for providing e-tickets to all passengers for collection of fares.
All Guwahati city bus proprietors are required to purchase e-ticketing devices from November 1.
The transportation agency was very explicit that any bus discovered to be operating without an e-ticketing device would not be permitted to operate on public highways.
An order passed by the district transport officer read, “It is a general information dispatched to all owners and association of city buses that from 1/11/2022 onwards any city buses will not be allowed to ply on the road without e-ticketing machine for issuing e-ticket to collect fare from travelling passengers.”