Tripura Government decides to impose a ban on three wheelers in the capital city

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By  Firstdespatch Desk   Jul 02, 2024

Agartala, July 2 (FD) Faced with the huge traffic congestion, Tripura government has decided to impose a ban on registration of all types of three-wheeler vehicles including passenger and goods in the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) areas from July 10 next, an official notification revealed.

“In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 115 of the MV Act 1988 and for the interest of promoting sustainable urban mobility, the Transport Department, Government of Tripura hereby imposes ban on registration of all types of three-wheeler passenger and goods vehicles on and from 10th July 2024 in Agartala Municipal Corporation area of West Tripura District,” the notification issued on Monday by the state transport department said.

“We are facing problems of huge traffic jam and congestion and this decision was taken in a recent meeting with the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha with the officials of the state transport and traffic departments”, S.P Traffic, Manik Das told reporters.

He said three-wheelers like e-rickshaws, e-carts, e-autos, petrol autos, diesel autos, CNG autos and vehicles driven on bio-fuel (methanol & ethanol) were identified for imposing ban on registration.

Das said, the number is only 70 of these kinds of vehicles operating in the capital city.

However, he said, in West Tripura district as many as 23,474 three-wheelers and 4259 e-rickshaws were registered with the state transport department, of which 70 of these vehicles are operating in the capital city. FD JK