Early Times Report
kishtwar, Jan 4: In order to evade road taxes, frisking and adda charges, several hundred commercial vehicles with private number plates are plying on various routes in Jammu and Kashmir including on Kishtwar-Jammu and Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, thus causing heavy losses to the Government exchequer on account of passenger and other related taxes.
According to the details available with ET, several vehicles are plying on most frequented routes in Doda, Kishtwar and other parts of the Chenab valley and other parts of the State that too under the noose of Traffic as well as Transport department officials. As per the norms, commercial vehicles are required to use yellow number plates, while private vehicles only use white ones; but while flouting all the norms, the officials of Transport Department are issuing White number plates to several commercial vehicles causing losses worth lakhs to Government.
If sources within Transport Department could be believed, thousands of such vehicles are plying on various routes across the State and among these several vehicles have been engaged by private construction companies, Government departments and other private firms working on various projects in Jammu and Kashmir. |
