Special drive to check overloading of iron ore

In a special drive undertaken to check overloading of lorries carrying iron ore fines, regional transport officers along with a team of officers from the transport commissioner's office, Bangalore, inspected 1,785 vehicles and seized nine vehicles during September 23 to 30.

As many as 342 cases have been registered. They also collected a fine of Rs 7.20 lakh during the drive.

Between April to September 22, the department had checked 6,803 trucks, registered 773 cases and seized 42 vehicles for overloading. A fine of Rs 42.21 lakh was also collected, H N Ramesh, regional transport officer said.

He said apart from the continuous check of vehicles carrying iron ore fines, letters had also been written to the director of mines and geology department to take steps to prevent overloading of trucks at the point of loading itself in order to prevent damage to roads.