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The Gautam Budh Nagar transport department is developing software which would facilitate online purchases of 'fancy' and 'VIP' registration numbers of vehicles.

The Regional Transport Office has served notices to 160 schools, seeking data about the engagement of buses.Only 12 schools have so far submitted the data to Regional Transport Office.

Sale and registration of any new vehicle not complying with BS-IV emission norms will not be allowed in the city from Thursday. T

The additional regional transport officer is planning to set up an extension office in Transport Nagar in Sector 69 to share some work load of the transport department.

In order to compensate for the loss of revenue because of closure on elections and holidays, the Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO) has decided to cancel all public holidays in April.

The transport department on Tuesday started a monthlong drive to register e-rickshaws.

The UP transport department has issued a list of fare structures for buses and auto-rickshaws and directed the regional transport officials to enforce it so as to prevent drivers from charging random fares from the public.

As many as 35 touts were evicted from the ARTO premises in Sector 32 on Monday. The move comes a day after minister of state (independent charge) Swantantra Dev Singh visited Noida and announced stringent action against the officials who fail to control touts extorting money from visitors at the transport offices.

The transport department on Tuesday started a monthlong drive to register e-rickshaws.

The auto drivers’ union’s two-day strike demanding revision of current fare structure and relaxation of NCR permit norms concluded on Wednesday.

The UP transport commissioner K Ravinder Naik has pulled up the ARTOs of Gautam Budh Nagar, Pilibhit and Farrukhabad for delaying to share the details of registration of new vehicles to the government database.

To make driving tests transparent and ensure a check on polluting vehicles, the UP transport department is planning to set up an "automatic driving testing track" and an "inspection and certification centre of vehicles" in the city.

The Delhi traffic police have recommended that the Noida transport department cancel the licences of 15 Noida residents after they were caught for drunk driving in Delhi over the past six months.

The regional transport office will launch an enforcement drive on Monday to have auto and bus fares displayed at public places and in public transport vehicles.

Acting on the directions of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on road safety, Noida traffic police seized the driving licences of 100 traffic offenders and have decided to recommend to the transport department for suspension of the same.

The regional transport office has sent a show-cause notice to the Noida school whose bus caught fire while taking children home, but glossed over its own failure to conduct safety checks on such vehicles.

The transport department will now check for pressure horns installed on vehicles before issuing a fitness certificate.

The application process, which is in a trial phase in Lucknow, is expected to be launched in Noida in the first week of March, according to the state transport department.

The Noida auto union has called a meeting at the regional transport office in Sector 33 on Tuesday to protest against the enforcement of 'one-time road tax' for commercial vehicles.

The Noida auto union has decided to protest outside the office of the assistant regional transport officer on May 26, against alleged corruption in the department.

The long-awaited e-challan system for transport department officials which will allow them to issue challans quickly and easily will be started on October 28 by the Chief Minister in the form of a mobile application.