Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport

Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation

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JJ Hospital

Drivers, conductors caught dancing, riding bikes after claiming severe disabilities BEST conducted sting operations on drivers, conductors after receiving anonymous complaints. While they submitted certificates citing over 40 per cent disability to claim ‘lighter duty’, videos expose the lies.

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3K kg of Grade A quality red sanders seized Consignment was meant to be exported to China.

JJ found on examining 500 MSRTC, BEST drivers who gave ‘certificates’ to claim lighter duty.Three days after Mumbai Mirror reported how sting operations conducted byon its own employees revealed that some drivers and conductors faked disabilities to get lighter duties, it has emerged that 420 drivers of(MSRTC) and BEST feignedThey are part of the 500 drivers these two organisations had sent to’s ophthalmology department for eye check-up in the past two years. These drivers had submitted certificates from private doctors claiming that they are colour blind and unfit to drive. However, the JJ Hospital’s ophthalmology department said that that tests on these employees revealed that 420 employees did not suffer from colour blindness and they were fit to drive.After three of its employees were caught on video faking injuries, BEST has started investigations on 400who are currently on ‘lighter duty’ claiming more than 40 per cent disability. The undertaking had sacked two employees while one had resigned.Dr TP Lahane, senior ophthalmologist from JJ Hospital, who is a former Dean of the hospital, said, “In the last two years, we have conducted eye tests on nearly 500 bus drivers, and found them fit to drive. Most of them have been driving for the past more than 10 years, but, all of a sudden, complained of colour blindness. We could not believe their claims. With this vision problem, a person faces difficulty in distinguishing certain colors such as blue and yellow or red and green. This problem usually gets detected in the childhood itself.’’Dr Lahane said, “We had asked the employees to undergo a procedure called anomaloscope test. The test reliably reveals if a person is color blind or not. We found that only 80 employees were colour blind. However, we came to know that these employees had not undergone the mandatory tests at the time of recruitment in 2011.’’Apart from the employees in Mumbai, the JJ Eye Board has cancelled more than 1,000 certificates issued by doctors in Nashik and Dhule as they were found to be bogus, said Dr Lahane.BEST committee chairman Ashish Chemburkar told Mirror, “Our teams are investigating and strict action will be taken against those found guilty of fraud. I have asked our vigilance team to investigate further. Many employees are under the scanner.”