HIGH COURT ASKING FOR THE DETAILS OF WAY SIDE AMENITIES, ALONG THE STATION POINTS SERVING FOR THE PASSENGERS AT DESIGNATED SHOPPING COMPLEX , CHARGING HIGH WITHOUT PROVIDING THE RATE LUSTS .

The Honourable High court of Himachal Pradesh on yesterday directed the Himachal Road Transport Corporation to furnish details of way side amenities ie toilets available at the bus stands and the designated shops /dhabas where buses are allowed to halt for the passengers to take their meals and tea etc etc. The High court has directed that the status report and the data related to the way side amenities as well as the sanitation facilities found necessary at such places ,may be collected as required for the such station points and detailed reports be furnished from the system of service maintained by the department of HRTC , PWD and the RDD including the Deputy Commissioners of the respective Districts .A division bench of acting Chief justice Shri Tarlok Singh and justice Virender Singh maintained that this petition primarily pertain to the development of the way side amenities and the May 16 Communication made by the Union Ministry of Environment forest and the climate change in CWPIL number 249 of 2017 ,titled court on its own motion versus the National Highway authority of India &others should be placed on the record of this case file heard .The court has also directed to list the matter on May 22 along with CWPIL No 249 of 2017 .Further it is also brought to the notice of the government and the department of Road Transport that the rate lists must be provided by the such dhabas where the HRTC allowing the buses to stop for lunch , dinner, breakfast and tea as such people are complaining against the dhaba owners that they are charging higher rates other than the general rates of the market and taking benefits of the station points allowed by the government and the department of the Road Transport which must have appropriate vision and scrutiny by the competent higher authority responsible for the authority letter .