The Kochi City police are actively considering a proposal for making police clearance certificate (PCC) mandatory for private bus employees after toying with the idea several times in the past without never really enforcing it.
The move comes in the wake of the recent spate of accidents involving private buses drawing the attention of the Kerala High Court. A joint drive by the city police and the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) was launched in the city on Friday to rein in erring private buses.
“The proposal is in the pipeline notwithstanding private bus operators’ complaint that there was already a short supply of bus workers,” said S. Sasidharan, Deputy Police Commissioner (Kochi City).
