Hyderabad, June 8 -- Telangana Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar on Monday directed Transport Department officials to intensify enforcement drives across the state and take strict action against vehicles violating transport regulations.
Speaking at a review meeting at the Secretariat, the Minister instructed officials to conduct large-scale inspections targeting overloaded vehicles, vehicles with unpaid quarterly taxes and those operating without valid fitness certificates.
He said violating vehicles should be seized if necessary.
Ponnam Prabhakar emphasised that student safety must be treated as a top priority and ordered strict enforcement against school buses and mini-vans operating without fitness certificates or carrying students ...