With many transit agencies implementing strict rules regarding seating arrangements and limits on the number of passengers in vehicles to ensure social distancing, BEST too decided to implement it. While BEST has had it from before the lockdown, it has reiterated it now as part of the government’s Unlock 1.0 programme (Mission Begin Again).
No more than 30 passengers (25 seated and 5 standees) are permitted on a bubs with the left and right seats being occupied to ensure distancing.
However, in this video posted by Railfan Pankaj on Instagram, all that seems to have gone for a toss.
From the video, the bus appears more to have more standees than permitted. The supervising staff/depot staff were forcing more passengers to board the bus.
A similar sight was visible at Borivali near the railway station on the eastern side. Here is a picture of the mess, as posted by Yash on Twitter.
It looks like nothing has changed since the virus outbreak.
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Without starting local trains, allowing people in buses was a bad idea.
True that.
A good method to apply to social distancing on a bus.