To ensure road safety especially for the school children an “one-time scheme for regularisation of Pool Cars carrying School Children to Contract Carriages is formulated.
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.
Chief Mechanical Engineer of the State Transport Undertakings will renew the “Certificate of Fitness” for the vehicles owned by respective organisation.
To allow registration of two wheelers as ‘Contract Carriage’ for operation as “Bike-Taxi” to be introduced in the areas under New Kolkata Development Authority.
In respect of development and promotion of Tourism in the state, Governor is pleased to approve a new Tourism Policy named West Bengal Tourism Policy, 2016.
Mamata Banerjee took oath as Chief Minister for the second time on 27.05.2016. Newly created West Bengal Government has 41 Ministers incl. 17 new comers.
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.
Administrative Departments may make allotment of fund relating to Non-Plan expenditure for Salary Items and Non-Salary Items up to 33% of the whole year’s budget provision.
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.
Requisitioning of vehicles and vessels is necessary for the purpose of the conduct of the General Election to West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 2016, comprising 294 Assembly Constituencies.