Chhattisgarh Transport and Forest Minister Mohammed Akbar on Wednesday urged his officials to expedite the clearance of permits for passenger vehicles, if necessary by video conferencing.
The Minister gave the instruction at a meeting of Transport Department officials held at the state Secretariat (Mahanadi Bhawan).
He suggested that in far-off revenue divisions of the state, hearing of applications can be done through video-conferencing, an official statement said.
The Regional Transport Authority said a total of 1,717 applications were received. The orders have been issued for 850 of them.
Transport Commissioner Dr Kamalpreet Singh said that from the office of Nava Raipur, the pending applications of Durg division were resolved. Hearing will continue till July 8. Later, the Raipur division applications will be taken up for hearing on July 9 and 10.
Dr Singh said that keeping in view the Covid-19 pandemic, the hearing of bus permits of Bastar, Surguja and Bilaspur divisions will be heard through video-conferencing.