As bus manufacturers gear up to adopt the Bus Code from April 1, the future of unorganised bus body manufacturers appears bleak.
As per the notification from Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Code of Practice for Bus Body Design & Application (AIS 052) is to be implemented from April 2011. With introduction of this code, every bus manufacturing unit will have to obtain accreditation certificate to demonstrate its capabilities to build buses as per the safety standards set by ARAI, CIRT, ICAT, VRDE the testing and certification agencies.
AIS 052 WILL BE EFFECT FROM 1.4.2015 WIDE G.S.R. 692(E), DATED 17TH OCTOBER 2013.
Provided that the provisions of this rule shall be applicable to the existing models of buses with seating capacity 13 or more passengers excluding driver on and after the 1ST DAY OF APRIL 2015