Covid-19 outbreak: Public transport may resume soon, says Nitin Gadkari

He, however, cautioned over maintaining social distance and adopting all safety measures like hand washing, sanitizing, face masks, etc while operating buses and cars

Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport & highways, on Wednesday assured bus and car operators that the government was aware of their problems and that services would resume soon.
 

Addressing members of Bus and Car Operators Confederation of India through videoconferencing, Gadkari said, opening of transport and highways would go a long way in instilling confidence in the public. He said public transport might open soon with some guidelines.
 

However, he stressed that social distance had to be maintained and safety measures like hand wash, sanitizing, face masks should be adopted while operating buses and cars.