Fleet of vehicles
The government has a fleet of vehicles for the people especially for the rural areas and in the recent past they have taken a lot of initiatives to make it financially viable for the government.
In a recent review meeting held by Chief Secretary, Commissioner Secretary, Transport in his presentation informed that the department has been generating more revenues from the last 03 years and all the services are being provided by the department online.
He informed that the department will implement a vehicle tracking platform for safety and enforcement in J&K to ensure continuous monitoring of all public services vehicles for better road safety of women and girl children.
Electricity vehicle policy will be shortly notified and in order to encourage people to buy e-vehicle, 100% exemption from road tax has been allowed on purchase of the e-vehicles.
He said that there is a need to upgrade bus stands and each district headquarters should have a proper bus stand with all attendant public amenities for the welfare of people.
He advised the department to use FM channels etc. to inform the people in advance about the status of congestion/traffic flow on various roads in the capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar and on the National Highways so that they can plan their visits accordingly.
He directed the department to ensure that compensation to the victims of the road accidents is paid within 24 hours of the accident.
