Carrot-&-stick policy adopted to rein in pool cars
(WorldNews India)

KOLKATA: The state government on Wednesday adopted a carrot-and-stick policy to discipline pool car drivers, penalizing errant operators and offering an incentive to the law-abiding ones. The transport department has warned operators that their permits would be cancelled and their vehicles scrapped if they did not comply with the government safety guidelines, but at the same time, it promised to provide single-window clearance to all permits to owners/drivers who would graduate to safer and newer commercial vehicles. The move came after at least two vehicles ferrying schoolkids recently met with accidents-two children injured in...