Transport department has cancelled the permits of 2,500 contract carriages or chartered buses.

Almost two years after the Nirbhaya incident, the transport department has cancelled the permits of 2,500 contract carriages or chartered buses.

The move comes after the ministry of home affairs asked the Delhi government to verify the owners and permit holders of all public service vehicles in the city after the gang rape on December 16, 2012. According to the records of the state transport authority, there are 8,000 chartered buses operating in Delhi.