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Kolkata: The state Transport department has cancelled the driving licence of a carpool driver for talking over phone while driving a vehicle carrying children. The step was taken after state Transport minister Suvendu Adhikari spotted the driver talking over phone while driving the vehicle loaded with school children on Monday. Indranath Talukdar, the pool car driver's driving licence was cancelled for talking over mobile phone near Fort William while driving a vehicle carrying school children, said officials. "The Enforcement Wing of the Transport Directorate has cancelled his Driving Licence," said state Transport Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam. In Kolkata, it is for the first time that a carpool driver's licence was cancelled for talking over phone..