Ponnam warns of stringent action against transport rule violations
Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar has ordered stricter enforcement of transport regulations, including the seizure of vehicles with unpaid taxes. The directive emphasizes passenger safety and targets overloaded vehicles and those lacking valid fitness certificates.
Why it matters
Increased regulatory enforcement aims to improve road safety and ensure compliance with state transport laws.
Heavier penalties, stricter enforcement, and stringent action against vehicles violating transport regulations in Telangana are in the offing, with the Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar directing officials of the department to step up inspections and crack down on a range of offences.
Mr Prabhakar chaired a review meeting where he instructed officials to impose hefty penalties on owners of vehicles that have not paid quarterly taxes, and to seize such vehicles. Underscoring passenger safety, he said violations of regulations by sleeper buses should not be tolerated under any circumstances, and that strict action must be taken immediately whenever such violations are detected.
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