There was a 12 per cent increasein the number of accidents involving buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) during 2018-19, the state government said on Wednesday.As per a written reply filed in the Legislative Assembly by Transport Minister Anil Parab, the number of accidents involving MSRTC buses went on increasing from 2016-17 to 2018-19.There were 3,310 accidents of MSRTC buses in 2018-19, 2,933 in 2017-18 and 2,772 in 2016-17, the reply said.The minister also informed that 17 accidents involving air-conditioned Shiv Shahi buses were recorded between April to September 2019 in the Pune division.
