MUMBAI: The driver and conductor of a state transport (ST) bus returned a bag containing Rs 1.92 lakh to a passenger who had forgotten it in the vehicle. The passenger had boarded the bus from Wakad and was travelling to Thane.
En route, he had kept the bag near his seat, but forgot to take it with him when alighting. He panicked and contacted the state bus authorities, who told him that the driver and conductor had noticed the bag and handed it over to the Thane ST office. The driver and conductor were present when handing over the cash back to the owner on Monday.
“The driver, S B Madavi, and conductor, Ganesh Darade, showed presence of mind and honesty,” said an official. Conductors and drivers had not got salaries on time two months back.
After a driver’s suicide in Dhule recently the government granted financial aid to MSRTC, following which workers got salaries for July and August.
Shrirang Barge of Maharashtra ST Karmachari Congress said, “The conductor belongs to our union. We will be felicitating the two for their kind act.” The department also plans to reward the two and set an example for others.
In December 2020, a driver and a conductor returned her purse, left behind in a bus, with Rs60,000.
