66. Equipment to be carried by State and contract carriages.
(1)Every stage/contract carriage shall carry a first aid box containing the following articles, namely:(i)sterilized finger dressing;(ii)sterilized hand or food dressing;(iii)sterilized large or body dressing;(iv)one extra large, two large and three small sterilized burn dressings;(v)two 15 grams packets of sterilized cotton wool;(vi)a bottle of 2 per cent, tincture iodine;(vii)a bottle of Sal Volatile;(viii)empty bottle fitted with Dropper for eye drops;(ix)55 gms. Medicine glass;(x)any other article/medicine prescribed as considers to be necessary for providing first-aid facilities.(2)The State Transport Authority may, as a condition of grant of any permit, require any public service vehicle to be equipped with a fire extinguisher of the type specified by the State Transport Authority in consultation with the Delhi Fire Service and may require that such fire extinguisher shall be got inspected at such intervals and by such person/authority as the State Transport Authority may specify from time to time.(3)Save as otherwise specified by the State Transport Authority in respect of Municipal or Cantonment areas, every public service vehicle shall at all times be equipped with pneumatic tyres in good and sound condition readily inflated and mounted in such a way that it can be easily dismounted and fitted to the vehicle in the place of anyone of the road wheels.(4)Sub-rule (1) shall not apply to a public service vehicle during the completion of any journey during which it has been necessary to bring the spare wheel or rim and tyre into use or when vehicle is going for repairs purpose.(5)Every public service shall at all times be furnished with an efficient jack and other tools necessary to change a wheel or rim and tyre and with the equipment necessary to repair the puncture, including the followings, namely:(a)spanners to fit every nut of the vehicle;(b)one screw driver;(c)one pair of pliers;(d)one hammer;(e)two tyre levers;(f)tyre repair outfit;(g)tyre pump;(h)wheel jack;(i)one spare headlight bulb and one spare rear-lamp bulb;(j)a supply of spare fuses.
