INDIA: Move to phase out accident-prone buses

Updated October 19, 2007 20:16:18

Privately owned buses in the Indian capital New Delhi are back on the roads after a one-day strike early this week, in protest at stepped-up police checks on drivers and vehicles. Police have tightened up checks on Delhi's so-called Blueline buses, and say they've seized a number of vehicles for flouting safety rules, including tampering with speed control devices

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