NTC: New Fleet By March 2014

11 years, 2 months ago - 31 August 2013, Le Matinal

65 new buses of the National Transport Corporation (NTC) on our roads by next March. It is in this context that the CNT plans to launch in the coming days, a local tender for the purchase of these new buses. Asked by The Early Bird Monday, a senior official of the NTC said that the budget for the purchase of these 65 buses should be less than Rs 200 million.

Incidents Paillotte : 3 suspects surrender to police
On the other hand , the NTC encrypted Monday, the cost of damage to four buses Sunday during incidents Paillotte to Rs 50,000 . Monday afternoon , three of the four buses had already been repaired.
Three of the suspects involved in the incident will go to the police on Tuesday. The police station Quatre-Bornes was informed of this decision by the lawyer of the three suspects , Mr. Assad Peeroo . The three suspects are accused of vandalizing buses and four injured four employees of the National Transmission Corporation (NTC) .
Asked for a statement , Mr. Assad Peeroo , counsel for the three suspects , said he was not available Monday to accompany clients to the police station . But he has already informed the position of Quatre-Bornes suspects will give their version of the facts of the incident.
As a reminder, in the evening of Sunday, a group of four individuals who were aboard a van would not have liked the fact that two buses had blocked the main road to La Louise . They started throwing insults bus drivers before continuing their journey. The four people arrested in their van Grass Hut and waited the arrival of the bus . Then they started throwing stones at the windshield of the vehicle of the NTC . Three other buses that were in the back were also affected by the stones.
The police were alerted and the elements of the Special Supporting Unit ( SSU ) were summoned reinforcements . Two drivers of the NTC were wounded in the hands and face and received hospital treatment Candos .
Asked for a reaction , Alain Kistnen the Bus Industry Union of Workers ( UBIW ) condemned the aggression of employees of the NTC and demanded an investigation . Through a statement issued by the UBIW he warned the authorities against any attempt to ' cover- up' in the investigation. In addition, Alain Kistnen lamented that since the rising price of bus ticket, some members of the public have a negative attitude towards employees of the NTC.