Prepare SOP to Regulate Coal-Laden Trucks to Compliance SC Order: Chief Minister Himanta

GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has laid stress on coordinated efforts of police, transport and tax officials to stop the illegal movement of overloaded coal trucks.

The Chief Minister held a meeting with police, transport and tax department officials at his office conference room at Janata Bhawan on Friday to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court judgement on the movement of overloaded coal trucks.

Referring to the judgement of the Apex Court and large-scale public complaints against the movement of overloaded coal trucks, the Chief Minister stressed coordinated efforts of the three departments with a focus on transparency and restrictions to stop such illegal activities.

The Chief Minister directed the Transport Department to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlining detailed restrictive measures to regulate the movement of coal-laden trucks through inter-state borders.

DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta, Special DGP GP Singh, ADGP Hiren Nath, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Samir Kumar Sinha, Principal Secretary to Transport department KK Dwivedi, Commissioner of Transport Adil Khan, Commissioner of Tax Rakesh Agarwala and other senior officials were present in the meeting, a press release said.

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