Siliguri: The Darjeeling district administration will
regularise the movement of totos (battery-operated rickshaws) in the
Siliguri Municipal Corporation area from Wednesday.
The administration will, however, stop the running of
unauthorised models of the toto which are assembled in Siliguri and are
not certified by expert bodies of e-rickshaws of the country.
Joyoshi Das Gupta, the district magistrate of Darjeeling, said she
had formed a seven-member committee to look after the process of
identifying the totos and would issue temporary identification number
(TIN) to the owners.
"Many unauthorised totos are plying here without following
safety norms. No such vehicle will be allowed to operate in and around
the SMC area. We have formed a committee, headed by the SDO, that will
initiate the registration process of totos from Wednesday. This process
will continue till January 30. After the registration is done, all the
vehicles will be provided with a TIN," said the DM.
Civic, police and transport officials are among the members of the committee.
Sources in the district administration said toto owners would
have to collect application forms from four locations in the city (the
offices of the SDO, SMC, SJDA and Bhaktinagar traffic guard).
The Telegraph
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