Transport facility centres being opened in Chhattisgarh at a rapid pace
Durgam Das from Garvit matrabhoomi
To enhance and expand transport-related services and to provide near-the-home services, the transport department is opening transport facility centres in Chhattisgarh. Under this, 219 transport facility centres have been started in the state so far. Chief Minister Mr.Bhupesh Baghel has announced to start 1000 Transport Facility Centers across the state to expand transport-related services. People will no longer need to visit unauthorized agents for transport-related services. Opening these facility centres has a dual benefit, one is that transport-related facilities will be available to people near their homes and the other is that they will help in employment generation for about 5 thousand youths.Under this, the establishment of transport facility centres across the state is going on at a rapid pace under the guidance of Transport Minister Mr.Mohammad Akbar. So far 219 transport facility centres have been established across the state. These include the starting of 32 transport facility centres under the District Transport Office in Raipur, 4 in Kanker, 12 in Rajnandgaon and 9 in Raigarh. Similarly, 14 transport facilities have been started under District Transport Office in Mahasamund, 18 in Dhamtari, 18 in Janjgir-Champa, 8 in Jagdalpur, 2 in Baikunthpur, 6 in Ambikapur, 10 in Surajpur, 9 in Kondagaon, 14 in Kabirdham, 13 in Gariyaband, 8 in Sukma, 3 in Balrampur, 4 in Jashpur, 2 in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, 9 in Korba, 7 in Mungeli, 12 in Balodabazar-Bhatapara and 5 in Balod. Applicants only need to pay the prescribed fees at the facility centresAccording to the information received from the Transport Department, the Transport Facility Center can be authorized to issue a learning license under the notification published in the Gazette of the Government of India. The guidelines also prescribe the charges for various services at the Transport Facility Centers. As per the issued guidelines, Rs.100 service charge for filling online application form, Rs.50 for the online fee/tax payment to Transport Department (for each one thousand rupees or part thereof ), and Rs.50 for a learning license. Charges for scanning , compressing and uploading (per page) of the required documents are Rs.5 and the printout charges (per page) for complete documents is Rs.5 per page.No longer need to visit unauthorised agents These transport facility centres will be starting in the interest of the general public in the state. In lack of information, a large number of people visit unauthorized agents for transport-related services. This process takes more time and sometimes they have to suffer financial loss as well. There will be no longer a need to visit unauthorized agents for transport-related services.
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