Private bus operators write to Mamata Banerjee, seek 2-year window for old vehicles before phase out

In a letter to the CM, the association highlighted that nearly 2,000 buses and minibuses, which continue to ply on August 1 or later in Kolkata and Howrah, will be forced off the roads due to exceeding the age limit set for pollution standards. The owners, battling financial struggles in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdowns, are unable to afford the new BS-6 compliant vehicles, they said.