The county of Dancheng in China’s central Henan province stopped its bus service on Aug. 12 after its drivers went without pay for several months.
Local authorities forced privately-owned Dancheng Public Transportation Company to resume operations on Aug. 13 but the company complained about a lack of financial support.
“All buses we have are green-energy vehicles. The batteries are degraded. The weather is hot and the buses use more electricity,” a manager from the company told state-run Yicai on Aug. 12. “We had received the green-energy vehicles subsidies before 2019 but haven’t received anything since then.”
The manager talked about a lack of passengers but did not mention if the COVID-19 pandemic or related lockdowns contributed to the suspension of its service….