Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
The method of, and the qualifications required for, the recruitment to the posts of Motor Vehicles Inspector (Non-Technical) in the Transport Department under the Government of West Bengal.
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.
Governor is pleased to finally publish the notification directing the RTA, Kolkata to limit the number of permits on autorickshaw plying in different routes within the jurisdiction of Kolkata, Howrah, Bidhannagar and Barrackpore Police Commissionerates in public interest, with immediate effect.
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Chief Mechanical Engineer of the State Transport Undertakings will renew the Certificate of Fitness for the vehicles owned by respective organisation.
For smooth implementation of the VLT system all enlisted VLT device manufacturers/ Vehicle OEM dealers/ Authorized dealers/ RFCs are hereby requested to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
Governor is pleased to issue the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in connection with disqualification of a person from holding a driving license or revoke such license in terms of provisions of Section 19 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Governor is pleased to formulate and introduce a scheme, namely, JALADHARA, for extending financial assistance for replacement or conversion of the existing ‘BHUTBHUTI’s by safe and secure mechanically propelled boats in the interest of public safety.
The authorized dealers of registered vehicles so licensed has to keep separate movement log book for each vehicle and record every movement of the vehicle in such log book and should be carried in the vehicle when used in public place.
Categories of transport vehicles which are not fitted with speed governor, shall be equipped or fitted by the operator of such vehicle with speed governor (speed limiting device).