5136 local taxis registered in Meghalaya’s EKH district

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Oct 26: Over 2,16,336 vehicles including two wheelers have been registered with the district transport officer (DTO) in East Khasi Hills.

Of these, 5136 are local taxis.

Data made available by the DTO, EKH said permits were also given to 630 green taxis and 26-35 pink taxis since 2009.

The office of the DTO had not issued any new permit for local taxis to ply in the district.

There are over 1804 buses registered with the office.

According to the data, there are 119853 of private vehicles and 91345 two-wheelers registered with the DTO.