transport row

New Delhi, Nov 27 (UNI) A team of the Delhi Government tonight Left for Lucknow to hold talks with the authorities in Uttar Pradesh to resolve the ongoing transport row between the two states.

The six-member team, headed by the Transport commissioner of Delhi, will hold talks with officials of the UP Transport Department, to discuss ways to solve the present impasse arising out of the two state governments suspending their respective bus services to the neighbouring state a couple of weeks ago.

The development comes after the Delhi High Court last week, on a petition by the UP Government, had directed the two governments to hold a dialogue to resolve the matter in public interest.

The suspension of the bus services between the two states came after the Delhi Transport Authorities impounded ten buses of the UP Transport Department saying that these buses were operating as city services in Delhi, which violated the transport agreement signed by the two governments in 2004. This led to the UP authorities also impounding over 100 DTC buses operating in Noida.

This was followed by the Delhi government suspending operation of DTC buses in UP with UP, also suspending its bus operations in Delhi.

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