A mobile app has been launched in association with the private company “Tumok” so that passengers no longer need to go to bus stations to buy a pass. The ETM task is for drivers of Volvo buses. You can scan the QR code on your mobile. BMTC has taken a new initiative to save passengers time. The service will be launched in the next few days, BMTC said.

BENGALURU: There is no need to go to the bus stand to get a BMTC bus pass in the coming days. For so long, travelers’ passports were in paper form. But now the bus pass is available on your mobile. BMTC allows traveling by scanning the QR code of the mobile phone.

Do you know the amount of fine charged by BMTC in 2021?

Some seats are reserved for women in government buses. Some seats in the front of the bus are reserved for women. Men cannot sit in such reserved seats. Men occupying such seats are also fined. In 2021, the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation imposed a fine of around Rs 1,00,300 on men who sat in women’s seats. Collected money.

In 2021, BMTC has imposed fines on passengers traveling without tickets and men sitting on seats reserved for women. A fine of Rs 39,78,638 for traveling without a ticket and Rs 1,00,300 for male passengers who used seats reserved for women. A fine was collected. That means BBMT has collected more than 40 lakhs in total in 2021.

In January 2022, the corporation’s inspection staff paid Rs 4,08,305 to 2,511 passengers who inspected buses in and around Bengaluru. A fine was imposed.

Speaking to Bengaluru Mirror about this, an official said that the investigation is ready to be intensified in the coming months. Due to Corona, not many surgeries are performed in 2021. He said that the number of passengers is also less. This year alone, BMTC inspectors imposed a fine of Rs 3,94,905 on 2,377 ticketless passengers. Collected money. And a total of Rs.13,400 from 134 male passengers occupying women’s seats. He said he got it.