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Key Highlights

• The road transport and highways minister, while addressing a press conference here, said that he has written to the Rajasthan government to take action against state transport ministry officials who allowed self-certification to manual bus body builders.
• The bus fire incidents highlight the same persistent dangers: flammable interiors, blocked or narrow exits, missing or faulty emergency windows, no fire safety gear, precious little time to escape, and inadequately trained staff.
• The bus body code of India is AIS-052, a mandatory standard that specifies safety, structural, and design requirements for all bus bodies built in the country.
• The standard was introduced to regulate the previously unorganised bus body-building sector, improve passenger and driver safety, and ensure uniformity in construction.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has already implemented the revised Bus Body Code from September 1, 2025.