New Delhi (NVI): The road transport ministry has created a dashboard link on its website providing list of ‘dhabas’ and truck repair shops, in a bid to help drivers engaged in transporting essential goods or other cargo at different places in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The link will help drivers find dhabas (road-side eateries) and truck repair shops across the country by various organisations like NHAI, States, Oil Marketing companies, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) said in a statement today.
The list can be accessed at https://morth.nic.in/dhabas-truck-repair-shops-opened-during-covid-19, it said.
“This is intended to facilitate the truck/cargo drivers and cleaners in their movement while traveling between different places of the country for delivering required goods in the present challenging times of lockdown announced to curb Covid-19 pandemic,” the Ministry said.
“A regular contact is being maintained with various stake holders particularly States/UTs, Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs), etc in providing information which is then updated on the dashboard link on MoRTH website,” it added.
NHAI’s centralized call number 1033 has also been enabled to answer calls and help drivers/cleaners to find information about the dhabas and repair shops along National Highways, the ministry said.
However, the ministry stated that these Dhabas and repair shops, drivers, cleaners or any other person in the chain of movement of goods, shall follow all the necessary precautions and healthcare protocols of social distancing, use of masks, hygiene, etc.
