Raipur. After 17 years, a meeting was organized by Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Transport Departments in the initiative of both the states for expansion of passenger facilities and smooth traffic on 11th September at Madhya Pradesh Mantralaya Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal. On behalf of Madhya Pradesh State, this meeting was attended by S. N. Mishra, Additional Chief Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government, Transport Department and on behalf of Chhattisgarh State, S. Prakash, Secretary, Transport Department cum Transport Commissioner, Chhattisgarh.
There was agreement on various issues of the transport department between the two states to add 34 new routes by Chhattisgarh and 19 new routes by Madhya Pradesh to enhance the interstate mutual transport agreement made between Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in the year 2007. Apart from this, there was agreement on many important points including increase in frequency due to no vacancy in 36 routes out of 81 routes of mutual agreement, inclusion of agreed routes in mutual agreement, modernization of traffic, no tax on free zone, and prompt resolution of related issues. Action on all the decisions taken in the meeting will be taken in the coming days as per the legal process.
In this meeting, C.B. Chakraborty, Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Government Transport Department, D.P. Gupta, Transport Commissioner Madhya Pradesh, D. Ravishankar, Additional Transport Commissioner Chhattisgarh, Umesh Joga, Additional Transport Commissioner Madhya Pradesh, Manoj Kumar Dhruv, Deputy Transport Commissioner Chhattisgarh and H.K. Singh Secretary, State Transport Authority Madhya Pradesh along with other officials also participated.