Pune Regional Transport Officer Ajit Shinde said “The decision to increase the Auto Rickshaw fare was taken based on the recommendations of the Khatua committee report, and the demands of the hike due to the rise of CNG prices were also taken into consideration.”  Pune: The Regional Transport Authority (RTA)  announced... The post appeared first on .

Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 13 (ANI): In a major boost to river tourism in the Brahmaputra river, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday flagged off two state-of-art steel-built catamaran ships.

Chandigarh Mar 28 PTI Public transport services were affected in Haryana on Monday as the Roadways employees joined the two-day nationwide strike call given by a joint forum of the central trade unions to protest against the Centres alleged wrong policies that are affecting farmers workers and peopleCommuters had to face a tough time as the bus services remained suspended at several depots of Haryana RoadwaysThe roadways employees held protest at many depots in the state as part of the strikeSarbat Singh Punia a leader of the joint front of 10 unions of roadways employees said that in all the depots bus services are suspendedOnly a few buses which are run under the kilometre scheme were operated in the morning in Narnaul Jhajjar and Chandigarh depots by private operators Our roadways employees are observing a complete strike he saidHe alleged that the BJP led Haryana government was not strengthening the Haryana Roadways fleetThis indicates their intent to promote privatisation of the transport services There were 4200 buses in the Haryana Roadways fleet about six years back which have been reduced to 2600 now and route permits are given to promote private buses Haryana Roadways needs 10000 buses in its fleet but the government is not paying heed he claimedIn some districts prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC were imposed to maintain law and order during the strike under which a ban has been imposed on the gathering of five or more persons in a 100-metre area of the bus stands officials saidPunia claimed that employees and workers of some other departments including public sector banks and municipal bodies are also participating in the nationwide strikeMeanwhile public transport buses were plying normally in neighbouring Punjab officials saidOur bus services are running normally in Punjab an official of the State Transport Department saidNaresh Gaur Deputy General Secretary of Punjab Bank Employees Federation however said the employees of nationalised bank employees joined the strike and the banking services remained affected in PunjabCentral trade unions on Monday began a two-day nationwide strike to protest against the governments alleged wrong policiesA joint forum of central trade unions had given a call for a nationwide strike on March 28 and 29Their demands include the scrapping of the labour codes no privatisation of any form scrapping of the National Monetisation Pipeline NMP increased allocation of wages under MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act and regularisation of contract workers among othersThe central trade unions that are part of this joint forum are INTUC AITUC HMS CITU AIUTUC TUCC SEWA AICCTU LPF and UTUC PTI SUN VSD BAL BAL

Kolkata Jan 27 PTI Bus meter taxi and app cab operators in the city staged protests on Thursday demanding withdrawal of hike in fines for traffic rule violations which the West Bengal government has enforced in line with the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act that was passed two years ago The operators urged the government to reconsider the decision to hike the fines which have seen a five to ten-fold increase since earlier this week This is unfortunate the huge increase has come when we have been pleading with the government to write off the pending traffic-related fines on commercial vehicles owing to the pandemic situation Joint Council of Bus Syndicates general secretary Tapan Banerjee said A section of taxi and app cab operators staged protests demanding withdrawal of the increase in penalties for traffic rule violations State Transport minister Firhad Hakim has said that the measure was necessitated by incidents of rash driving and accidents occurring in the metropolis and other parts of the state Earlier the fines were so low that a section of people did not bother to follow the rules this will act as a deterrent he said on Wednesday Leader of Congress party in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticised the Mamata Banerjee government for increasing the penalties This has been done to fill the states coffers Chowdhury who is also the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president told reporters here Trinamool Congress MLA and former state Transport minister Madan Mitra said that he will inform Hakim about the demands of the bus and taxi operators He however hastened to add that the measure has been taken to bring back observance of traffic rules among drivers of vehicles The Centre had increased the fines two years ago but the West Bengal government had not implemented the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 then A person driving a car without a valid license will have to shell out Rs 5000 up from the previous fine of Rs 500 Similarly one driving recklessly will have to pay a fine of up to Rs 4000 which was Rs 400 earlier the notification issued by the state Transport Department on Tuesday said PTI AMR RG RG

Kolkata Jan 26 PTI With an aim to reduce the number of road accidents the West Bengal government has decided to increase traffic violation fines as per the Motor Vehicles Act a notification has said The Centre had increased the fines in 2019 but the West Bengal government had not imposed them so far considering the difficulties faced by the common man A person driving a car without a licence will have to shell out Rs 5000 up from the previous fine of Rs 500 Similarly one driving recklessly with have to pay a fine of up to Rs 4000 which was Rs 400 earlier the notification issued by the state Transport Department on Tuesday said One has to pay an amount between Rs 500 and Rs 1000 for violating driving rules on the road while Rs 2000 will be slapped for lapsed car insurance and Rs 5000 for racing on the road A fine of Rs 10000 will be slapped if any vehicle plies sans road permit and Rs 5000 if its not registered A biker will have to pay Rs 1000 for riding without a helmet One will be fined between Rs 2000 and Rs 4000 for honking in a silent zone it said According to the notification fines have been increased for a total of 26 traffic violations The new guideline will come into effect soon Traffic police personnel and motor vehicle inspectors can collect the fines The hike will on one hand increase revenue of the government and on the other lead people to follow rules he said PTI SCH ACD ACD

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 11 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday launched a road safety initiative "Rakshak", a first responder training programme under which 30,000 volunteers will be trained to act promptly in case of road accidents.