How will BEST conductors check vaccine certificates?

IS it possible to check everyone on a BEST bus Though the bus undertaking has begun checking vaccine certificates of commuters at depots and stations users called it impractical Even conductors and staff said that the additional responsibility is quite taxing As per the latest orders of the Maharashtra government only fully vaccinated people are allowed to use BEST busesBuses have been very crowded I travelled on two buses today but no one checked vaccine certificates anywhererdquo said commuter Anand MishraldquoI boarded a BEST bus amp showed my Universal Pass And the conductor told me angrily that donrsquot show me all this My job is to issue tickets not verify vaccine certificatesrdquo wrote popular Twitter account MumbaiMattersBEST buses outside Dadar station File picAshish RajeAnother commuter Krishna Patil said ldquoThe conductor is right Itrsquos his duty to collect revenue for BEST by giving tickets to passengers Ticket checkers must check tickets and vaccine certificates of passengers If therersquos a passenger found in a bus without 2 Vaccine certificates then who will pay the fine conductor TC passenger or BESTrdquoMahesh Naik another passenger cut in ldquoHe is very much right The person who has given such instructions must have not travelled on a BEST bus any time else he would have understood their staffrsquos painrdquo Experts said it is possible to verify vaccination certificates on the railways as tickets are issued digitally and the BMC had set up camps outside every station to scrutinise them But BEST hasnrsquot taken any such initiative nor is it getting similar support from the civic bodyldquoI agree It is impossible to check vaccination certificates in a crowded bus What best can be done is to impose earlier restrictions on the number of standees and if feasible one person per seat But it would affect the number of passengers carried I think selfdiscipline is the only way now that people are aware of the consequencesrdquo senior transport expert with Mumbai Mobility Forum amp Mumbai Vikas SamitildquoNot just certificates passengers wearing masks is also mandatory The conductor and driver both are liable to check this and fine passengers Rs 500 for noncompliance They have this moral policing duty I think BEST needs to appoint supervisors at every stop to check the vaccine certificate of passengers before they board the bus If there is a manpower issue they can reduce the number of stops Maybe operate just pointto point buses like AC busesrdquo Jitendra Gupta Mumbai Transport Forum said A BEST spokesperson said that they have issued directives to all depot managers and ground staff to comply with the fresh regulations of Maharashtra government and check vaccination certificates of passengersChecks would be intensified soonFour of 100 city fliers test positiveFour of the 100 city passengers who landed from lsquocountries at riskrsquo have tested positive The Sgene test was conducted on the sample of one person which turned out negative The tests will be conducted for another three people today There were 466 passengers who landed in the city on November 12 out of which 366 were from outside the cityMeanwhile according to the new list there are more than 2000 passengers who have landed in the city from atrisk countriesThey are residents of Maharashtra and the BMC is sorting out the names of Mumbai residents ldquoTill now four passengers have been found positive We will conduct an Sgene test which is a primary test to detect the new variant Omicron Samples of all four positive people will be sent for genome sequencing in the next roundrdquo said Suresh Kakani additional commissioner of the BMC Prajakta Kasale