Transport Department operates from the State Administrative Buildings, i.e. Writers’ Buildings. The Kolkata RTO office is known as Public Vehicles Department.
A Technical Committee, constituted to examine technical aspects of commissioning of speed governor in various categories of old vehicles, shall submit report within 30 days to Transport Department.
Formulation of model Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for its mandatory compliance in all the jetties/ ferries for ensuring safety and security of all passengers.
Governor has been pleased to approve the undernoted revised guidelines to be followed in respect of every government vehicle owned by different Departments or Directorates before the same is condemned.
In case of new registration, the registering authorities shall register all such new vehicles, only after ensuring that the appropriate vehicle location tracking device has been attached in the appropriate manner in such vehicle;
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.
Motor vehicles of the Ram Krishna Mission incl. Sarada Pith, Belur Math and Mission, Sri Sarada Math and Ramakrishna Sarada Mission used for spreading social education.
Governor has been pleased to revise the fare structure of the tramways in suppression of all previous notifications. This new fare will take effect from 11.06.2018.
Method of and the qualifications required for recruitment to the post of Engineer and Chief Ship Surveyor, Inland Water Transport Wing under the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal.
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;
A commercial vehicle registered in the State of West Bengal may be produced before any RA within the State for fitness checking and will be issued Certificate of Fitness by the said RA.