muzaffarpur consequent upon the receipt of some complaints that blue films are being exhibited in longdistance private buses the district administration has directed all the bus operators to remove the video sets from their buses within a week or else their licence would be cancelled although according to official sources playing of audiovideo system during journey hours is illegal at least 75 per cent of buses play either video and the rest play audio tapes to attract passengers a few buses show adult or blue films during night journey in case the bus has no woman passenger video showing in public entitles the commercial taxes department to collect entertainment tax from the bus operators moreover the law also provides for seeking permission from the administration for showing films in running buses but neither of the two are being done anywhere in the state approximately 2000 private buses run from or through muzaffarpur daily majority of them have video facility and there is perhaps none which do not have audio tape system existing law says that it is dangerous to play music in running buses because it may divert the attention of the drivers which may lead to accidents but in fact a number of bus drivers take liquor during their journey hours they get down by the side of line hotels purchase a pouch having the name of sudha inscribed on it and gulp the liquor before the passengers as if he is drinking sudha lassi sources added