bhopal around 35000 bus operators of madhya pradesh are worried as the covid pandemic has pushed their business in the slow lane for the business to revive they are pinning hopes on the state governement announcement for tax reliefthe operators say that the state government is yet to make any announcement regarding their demand of tax relief between the period april to september operators have made it clear that they will not run buses until the government accepts their demandsbus operators are demanding tax relief of rs 4200 cr from the state government bus operators pay around rs 70 crore every month in the form of taxes from march 23 2020 all 35000 buses were stopped under lockdown in madhya pradesh when buses were not running what tax we should pay said govind sharmasharma said that due to delays in tax relief and buses not running the motor owners associated with the transport industry reached a very poor financial situation expenses like insurance finance and others are there but there is no income for us said sharmaciting rule 13 2 of the motor vehicles taxation act 1991 section 144 of the criminal procedure code 1973 sharma said the taxation officer has the right to waive that tax if the buses are not operating on the route due to the condition of a restrictive order or any other issue but the transport department and the government are unable to do itsharma said 2 lakh passengers travel by bus daily operators have also demanded to increase the bus fare by 60 they have suggested that only 30 buses will be able to run we will not run all buses once our demands are met he addedwhen contacted a senior transport department official without quoting his name said draft is being prepared on the demands of the bus operators it will be announced soon