Delhi buses to run with full seating capacity amid surge in Covid-19 cases

Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has approved the Delhi government's proposal to allow buses to run with full seating capacity, a senior government official said Friday.

The buses are currently running with 20 passengers in view of the outbreak of coronavirus.

The development comes amid Delhi witnessing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in last few days. As per the Delhi government's latest Health bulletin, a total of 5,891 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

Baijal, who is the chairman of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), has also approved resuming inter-state bus service and the process to plan a standard operating procedure (SOP) for it is on and the service is likely to restart from next week, the official said.