Summary:
A team led by Dr KK Dwivedi, Commissioner and Secretary, Transport Department along with Commissioner, Adil Khan and other department officials took a city bus ride in order to get a first-hand experience of the problems being faced by daily commuters. Dr Dwivedi took a serious note of it and instructed the department officials to deploy teams to check city buses breaching the Motor Vehicle Act in Guwahati city. “Twenty enforcement teams of Transport Department were deployed at different locations of the city. 32,000 was imposed for route violations, not issuing tickets to passengers and keeping the doors open while plying,” said Commissioner Adil Khan. “Such sudden enforcement drives by Transport Department will continue in the future and stringent action will be taken for violations of rules,” Dr Dwivedi said..