Friday, February 28, 2020

Truckers, owners pay Rs 48k cr/yr in bribes

Truck drivers and fleet owners shell out around Rs 48,000 crore annually as bribes to traffic or highway police, besides personnel from the transport and tax departments, according to a study carried out across 10 major transport and transit hubs. The study by SaveLife Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, claimed that over 82% respondents had admitted to having bribed “officials of one or the other department on the road” during their last trip.

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