Just 10 % of cars have been subjected to nationalwide checks as a result of the school tour tragedy.
PUBLISHED: 17 Oct 2024 at 18: 12
According to the Department of Land Transport, 68 of the 1,331 CNG-fueled cars it has inspected this quarter were operating at par standards and have been briefly banned from the streets.
Inspections conducted since October 4 in response to the tour vehicle fire that claimed the lives of 20 students and three professors in Pathum Thani on October 1 revealed the problems. The bus’s change to pressed natural gas, which was 54 years old, was in contravention of the laws.
The division reported on Thursday that 5 % of the vehicles examined so much were caused by defective cars. Common issues found were expired gas cylinder and equipment, it added.
According to the office, 12 buses that were taken off the streets were afterwards rerouted after their owners fixed the issues.
The bus operators were given 15 days to repair them and then come back for a second test.
Thailand has about 13, 400 CNG-powered trucks on the streets across the country. Although the Ministry of Transportation has mandated that all of them be inspected, only 10 % of the total registered with the division have been inspected so far.
Three young kids are still receiving treatment for burn injuries from the fire on October 1 in hospitals. The vehicle carrying students and teachers from Wat Phao Praya Sangkharam School in Uthai Thani caught fire in the incident.
Eventually, it was discovered that Chinnaboot Tour of Sing Buri, the bus company, had attempted to suppress non-compliant CNG installations on other cars in its ships.
Samarn Chanthabut, the vehicle landlord, and the business owner have been charged with serious offenses by the police.