Badal buses in wrong lane, again; illegally using oil tanker as mobile fuel station

A fuel tanker of the transport company owned by the Badals stationed at the Malout bus stand. A Tribune photograph

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Malout, May 14

A transport company owned by the ruling Badal family allegedly continues to flout road safety norms.

The family-owned Dabwali Transport Company Private Limited (Bathinda) has stationed a fuel tanker at Malout Bus Stand to fill diesel in the company-owned buses. This practice has been reportedly going on since the past around six months.

As soon as any bus belonging to the company enters the bus stand, the tanker (PB03AF 9160), working as mobile fuel station, is put on the job. It is further fitted with a flashlight to give service during night hours.

Hardeep Singh, District Transport Officer, Muktsar, said, “If any oil tanker is doing something of this sort, it is against safety norms. Only filling stations are authorised to fill petrol or diesel in motor vehicles.”

When Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was questioned about the violation of rules by his buses on Monday at Gidderbaha, he left the venue without any comment.