GUWAHATI, May 12: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) of Kamrup Metro has constituted a team comprising senior officials to check all private and school buses plying in the city.
The committee will be headed by Mukta Nath Saikia, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup Metro.
All the Circle Officers under the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) area, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East or his representative, DCP Central or his representative, DCP West or his representative, DCP (Traffic), the Joint Director of Health Services of Kamrup Metro, DTO (R&L) of Kamrup Metro, DTO (Enforcement) of Kamrup Metro, DTO and Secretary of RTA Kamrup Metro and the Superintendent of Excise of Kamrup Metro will be its other members.
The team has been tasked to regulate plying of city buses on the basis of safety parameters.
The team has also been directed to randomly check vehicles at least twice a week in different locations of Guwahati.
The RTA has taken this step in view of rising incidents of errant driving of private and school buses in the city during recent months which have in cases resulted in serious mishaps and loss of lives and injuries to a number of people.
Meanwhile, the team has started its work and during a major drive today in Basistha Chariali and Lalganesh localities, it seized ten buses found to be not following norms under the relevant acts and also collected fines amounting to Rs 37,400. The team also filed cases against 16 vehicles, including buses, on various charges.
GUWAHATI, May 12: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) of Kamrup Metro has constituted a team comprising senior officials to check all private and school buses plying in the city.
The committee will be headed by Mukta Nath Saikia, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup Metro.
All the Circle Officers under the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) area, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) East or his representative, DCP Central or his representative, DCP West or his representative, DCP (Traffic), the Joint Director of Health Services of Kamrup Metro, DTO (R&L) of Kamrup Metro, DTO (Enforcement) of Kamrup Metro, DTO and Secretary of RTA Kamrup Metro and the Superintendent of Excise of Kamrup Metro will be its other members.
The team has been tasked to regulate plying of city buses on the basis of safety parameters.
The team has also been directed to randomly check vehicles at least twice a week in different locations of Guwahati.
The RTA has taken this step in view of rising incidents of errant driving of private and school buses in the city during recent months which have in cases resulted in serious mishaps and loss of lives and injuries to a number of people.
Meanwhile, the team has started its work and during a major drive today in Basistha Chariali and Lalganesh localities, it seized ten buses found to be not following norms under the relevant acts and also collected fines amounting to Rs 37,400. The team also filed cases against 16 vehicles, including buses, on various charges.
