CM asks transport dept to prepare SoP to regulate overloaded coal trucks

Guwahati, June 04 (NKTV): Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with police, transport and tax department officials at his office conference room at Janata Bhawan on Friday with a view to ensure compliance of Supreme Court judgement on movement of overloaded coal trucks.

The Chief Minister while referring to the judgment of the apex court and large-scale public complaints against movement of overloaded coal trucks stressed on coordinated effort of the three departments with focus on transparency and restrictions to stop such illegal activities.

Chief Minister Sarma directed the Transport department to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure outlining detailed restrictive measures to regulate the movement of coal trucks through inter-state borders.

DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta, Special DGP GP Singh, ADGP Hiren Nath, Principal Secretary to CM Samir Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary to Transport department KK Dwivedi, Commissioner of Transport Adil Khan, Commissioner of Tax Rakesh Agarwala and other senior officials were present in the meeting.