Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 31: On the directions of Asgar Samoon, Principal Secretary Transport Department; Special Secretary of the Department, Amit Sharma with additional charge of J&K Road Safety Council today inspected Pathankot SRTC Depot and RTO Lakhanpur and related offices.
He checked the working and performance of these critical points of Transport Department and at Pathankot SRTC Depot. He found the original Depot in six kanals of land lying defunct for many years with a building and yards in front and back of this land and it needs some immediate decision.
Amit further pointed out that MD, J&K SRTC immediately needs an economically viable solution as at present, J&K SRTC is conducting its operations from within ISBT Pathankot premises on rental basis and the land owned by it is lying waste, the front of which has been illegally occupied by few shops and vendors. Gurjeet Singh, SRTC Manager at Pathankot Depot disclosed that frequency of operations and occupancy rate of buses from Pathankot Depot were almost full in normal season and working conditions.
The Special Secretary took around of all sections of the RTO office and found that driving test grounds needs properly macadamization for better driving test conditions.
He then took a round of Toll Post Lakhanpur wherein he checked the working of Passenger Tax and Entry Tax Points for commercial vehicles entering the state and pointed out few systemic improvement measures to ARTO Lakhanpur and his team which they assured to incorporate at earliest.
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