Transport
Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
Maximum 10 KM between the garage and the place of reporting or one hour’s hiring charges whichever is convenient to the owner of the vehicle may be allowed.
If red or blue light is affixed to a hired vehicle, then such hired vehicle shall be used only for official purposes and only when the concerned dignitary /official concerned is using such vehicle himself or herself. Use of such hired vehicles with red or blue lights beyond office hours for non-official purposes is strictly prohibited.
Only distance slabs and corresponding fare rates mentioned for different slabs in a uniform manner for all pre-paid taxi booths in kolkata.
There was a long cherished aspiration among the people that the district towns be connected with Kolkata by high speed modern AC VOLVO bus services so that they can travel overnight to reach Kolkata and return back conveniently.
Government has decided to show zero tolerance to the menace of overloading of goods vehicles in the State and to impose enhanced penalty on the offenders in terms of the existing legal provisions.
State Government in the Transport Department has decided to provide one time opportunity to the owners of such defaulting motor vehicles to pay the due amount of motor vehicle tax and/or additional tax/one-time tax without payment of penalty.
Government of West Bengal, Motor Vehicles Procedure Manual Covering a) Forms and Office Procedure b) Taxes and Fees c) Offenses and Penalties.
The existing fares of Non-AC Stage Carriages operated by private operators and State Transport Undertakings shall be fixed as per Schedule attached. New fares shall take effect from 11.06.2018.
The documents produced before the law enforcing authorities via DigiLocker platform or mParivahan App shall be deemed to be legally recognized at par with the original/ physical documents.
Governor is pleased to direct that the following categories of vehicles shall be equipped with or fitted with vehicle location tracking device and one or more emergency buttons at conspicuous position in public interest.