Delhi Transport Minister News

One more corruption case will be investigated in Delhi. The Transport Department of Delhi will be investigated. The LG of Delhi has given instructions for this investigation to the NCB.

If a bus driver doesn’t drive in bus lane, he’ll be penalised with Rs 10,000 if it’s a first-time offence. The second time, case for dangerous driving will be registered. For third time, driving license will be cancelled. If a violation is made the fourth time, permit of Pvt buses will be cancelled.

The Delhi High Court denied interim relief to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot. The case is related to low floor bus scam allegations levelled by BJP MLA Vijender Gupta. Kailash Gahlot had filed a criminal complaint against Gupta for allegedly defaming him.

The indefinite strike by drivers working with app-based cab aggregators was on Sunday called off partially as five unions agreed to run taxis in Delhi-NCR following the Delhi government's assurance.

Days after the Centre notified a graded response plan to counter pollution, Delhi Transport Minister Satyendar Jain said today odd-even scheme will be implemented if air pollution touches 'emergency' level in the national capital.

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said he was "ready to go to jail" if corruption was proven in the city government's app-based premium bus service scheme. The service couldn't take off following allegations that a particular aggregator was favoured.

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Monday said Parliamentarians violating the odd-even scheme "intentionally" will be challaned but those who flouted the rule by mistake while going to Parliament today will be spared.

The fifth day of the Delhi government's odd-even traffic scheme saw Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai declaring it a "success story so far" even as online app-based taxi operator Uber sought to blame the Delhi government for a shortage of its cars to serve commuters.

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said if BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Goel breaks the odd-even car rationing rule he will be treated like any other offender and penalised for the violation.

Rai said though the scheme will end on January 15 for now, it will be back for a second phase.

Even as Delhi government is gearing up for Odd-even formula from January 1, 2015, Transport Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday that volunteers would not be party workers, but civil defence people. 

The Delhi government is not the first to mull over congestion tax system that has proved successful in London, Milan, Rome as well as the Scandinavian countries.