Department of Transport (Tamil Nadu)

The Department of Transport of state of Tamil Nadu is one of the Department of Government of Tamil Nadu

Department of Transport of state of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview
Formed1811
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Chandrakant B Kamble, IAS, Principal Secretary to Government
  • P.Sezhian, Deputy Secretary
  • V. Mohanraj, IAS, Deputy Secretary
Parent agencyGovernment of Tamil Nadu
WebsiteTransport Department

Objective and functions

Transport Department is essential convenience with which people not just connect but progress. Throughout history, people’s progress has been sustained on the convenience, speed and safety of the modes of transport. Road Transport occupies a primary place in today’s world as it provides a reach unparalleled by any other contemporary mode of transport. The Transport Department has control over 7 Transport Undertakings, Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited, Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services Limited, Institute of Road Transport and Motor Vehicles Maintenance Department. The Transport Department is also the Nodal Agency of the State Government in respect of projects implemented by the Southern Railway, Department of Postal and Telecommunications and the Civil Aviation of the Government of India [1]

Subdepartments
Name Website Established Functions & Organisations Location
Commissionerate of Transport(State Transport Authority) www.tn.gov.in/sta/ Ezhilagam, Chepauk
Tamil Nadu Motor Vehicles Maintenance Department www.tn.gov.in/sta/

Undertakings and bodies
Name Department Functions & Division Website
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation TNSTC
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation V puram
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation kmk www.taicobank.com
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation cbe www.editn.in
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Mdu
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Tvl
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Slm
State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu)
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)
Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation Limited, Chennai
Pallavan Transport Consultancy Services Limited www.indcoserve.com
The Institute of Road Transport (IRT) http://www.irtchennai.in/
Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA)
Chennai Mono Rail Transport Authority (CMRTA)

Present Ministers for Transport

M. R. Vijayabhaskar

Former Ministers for Transport

See also

References
  1. "Objective of Departments" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.