Chief Secretary Ajay Singh on Wednesday reviewed the work of State Transport Department in the Mantralaya here.
During the meeting, discussions were held on curbing overloading of vehicles. Additional Chief Secretary BVR Subramanian provided details about the action being taken against owners of vehicles found overloaded in the State.
Additional Transport Commissioner O P Pal informed that seven flying squads had been formed to curb overloading of vehicles in the State.
He informed that during the last six months a total of 4,952 vehicles were found to be overloaded and total fine amounting to Rs 8.62 crore were collected from owners of vehicles.