00:00Our reporters then went and dug even deeper.
00:03They found many other operators who were helping bus owners flout the pollution norms.
00:08Listen to this report where the operator reveals the modus operandi.
00:28These buses cover hundreds of kilometers from Delhi to NCR, from NCR to Western Uttar Pradesh.
00:35They take passengers to their destinations, but the question is, do these buses have valid permission to run in Delhi?
00:46Or are these buses running their business by bypassing government rules using a corrupt nexus with cops and baboos?
01:02We met a bus operator named Rajbir, who gave us shocking details.
01:28Duggamari, meaning bus operations in which passengers are allegedly carried by sidelining valid permits and rules.
01:34But to run this business, only a bus and driver are not enough.
01:40According to Rajbir, to run a bus, they need to pay at every traffic signal.
01:57The bus is a bus driver, which is a bus driver.
02:21A point of Rs. 1,500 to Rs. 2,000 to run a bus in Delhi.
02:29But who gets the money and how?
02:34Rajbir's words raise serious questions over corruption on Delhi's roads.
03:01Rajbir's words raise serious questions over Delhi's roads.
03:16According to Rajbeer, the entire arrangement is run through phone calls
03:20and everyone from RTOs to police thanas has their cuts.
03:26For example, a Gurugram to Bareilly route comes at an expense of around 1,60,000 rupees.
03:36RTO, police, thanas, vanas, vanas, vanas.
03:40Same text.
03:41It's different.
03:42It's different.
03:43It's different.
03:48Rajbeer reveals that despite the ban on non-BS6 buses, his connections get the buses flying.
04:27The checks are stringent on paper to stop air pollution.
04:30But how effective are they on the roads?
04:33Is Delhi losing its war to the smog syndicate?
04:38With Nitin Jain, Bureau Report, India Today.
