CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chairs a meeting with Transport Department

4 67

Asks department to expand scale and scope of contactless services

Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma asked the Transport Department to expand the scale and scope of contactless services as a part of State government’s mission of enhancing ease of living to the citizens.

Chairing a meeting with the DTOs and other officials of Transport Department at Janata Bhawan here today, Chief Minister Dr. Sarma held a threadbare discussion with the department officials and asked them to be proactive in expanding contactless services of the department to the convenience of the people across the state.

The Chief Minister said that in the last two years around 23 lakh people availed contactless services and the seamless implementation of this services resulted in savings of Rs. 345 crore to the economy. He also said that the department through its various services has generated revenue to the tune of Rs. 1361.65 crore in the FY 2022-23.

Chief Minister during the meeting has also asked the department for effective implementation of Vehicle Scrappage Policy Assam 2022. He asked the transport officials to incentivise people to handover End of Life Vehicles. It may be noted that as fallout of this policy, 764 vehicles have already been handed over to Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility Rules (RVSF).

In view of the reported loss of lives primarily due to road accidents across the state, the Chief Minister reviewed the accident hotspots. He asked the officials to take emergent necessary steps so that road accidents can be avoided to a great extent. He also instructed the officials to strictly implement traffic laws. Moreover, for benefits of the people at large, he also asked the transport officials to strictly execute the penal provisions and penalise the offenders.

The Chief Minister during the meeting also took review of the working of existing manpower of Transport Depaprtment. He also asked the department to take steps to introduce training for the newly inducted man power in the department. He also took a review of the new initiatives undertaken by the department.

Transport Minister Parimal Suklabaidya, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Samir Kumar Sinha, Transport Commissioner Adil Khan and other senior officers of the department were present at the meeting.  

4 Comments
  1. tlovertonet says

    Aw, this was a very nice post. In idea I wish to put in writing like this moreover – taking time and actual effort to make a very good article… however what can I say… I procrastinate alot and in no way seem to get something done.

  2. vorbelutr ioperbir says

    I like the efforts you have put in this, thank you for all the great blog posts.

  3. Jae Gyllenband says

    Its like you read my mind! You seem to know so much about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you can do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit, but other than that, this is wonderful blog. An excellent read. I will certainly be back.

  4. eco wool says

    Hi there! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with SEO?

    I’m trying to get my site to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good results.
    If you know of any please share. Many thanks! I saw similar article here:
    Warm blankets

Leave A Reply

Your email address will not be published.