Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
Regional Transport Authority, Siliguri shall issue Contract Carriage permits to Metered Taxis i.e. Motor Cab (of Air-conditioned and/or Non-air-conditioned type) to operate within the jurisdiction of Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority and the area of Siliguri Sub-division.
Formulation of model Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for its mandatory compliance in all the jetties/ ferries for ensuring safety and security of all passengers.
Motor vehicles (non-transport) registered in West Bengal belonging to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), an Agency constituted under Section 3 of the National Investigation Act, 2008.
Payment of Tax by the E-rickshaw owners has been exempted upto 30th June, 2016 vide Transport Department Notification No. 1447-WT dated 07.04.2016.
To look into different aspects of social security measures etc. for the taxi drivers, auto-rickshaw drivers and their families to the extent they do not overlap the areas looked after by other statutory and administrative bodies;
Five Special Groups of Officers will monitor and enforce all the provisions of law in respect of the vehicles carrying school children in the city of Kolkata.
District Magistrate, Darjeeling will be the Chairman of the Committee to review and re-assess the demand of all kinds of passenger transport services operating within and to and from the City of Siliguri.
Regional Transport Authority, Burdwan shall issue permits for auto-rickshaws within the municipal areas of Asansol Sub-Division in terms of West Bengal Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
If there exists any Notification in the State or District level fixing ceiling on the number of stage carriages on any route in the State except in the city routes in towns with a population of not less than five lakhs, then the aforesaid fixation on the fleet strength of such routes henceforth will stand…
To grant subsidy for payment of salary, pension and retirement benefits in respect of the existing employees of the Transport Corporations and also for the employees whose appointments under the Transport Corporations.