Hailakandi: The Hailakandi district administration has asked the transport authorities to register all e-rickshaws.

Deputy commissioner Adil Khan directed the district transport officer, Nripen Kalita, to hasten the process of registering all the e-rickshaws plying without registration numbers and to define the specific routes outside the municipal areas to streamline the flow of traffic in the town.

The DTO said some routes have been almost finalised in consultation with the traffic authorities to keep the e-rickshaws out of municipal areas.

Only 170 e-rickshaws have been registered by the transport authorities here, official sources confirmed.

More than 3,000 battery-operated e-rickshaws, mostly of Chinese-made, are plying without registration numbers in town, alleged a pedestrian. The drivers are mostly untrained and without driving licences, alleged Hiralal Debnath, the secretary of the Road Safety Society, Hailakandi. People are in danger on the roads because of these unruly e-rickshaw drivers, he added.

Unauthorised parking and plying of e-rickshaws have created serious problems inside the SK Roy Civil Hospital in the town, alleged an employee of the hospital.

The deputy commissioner also asked Kalita to ensure that no dealers sell any vehicle without a route permit.

These decisions were taken at the district development committee (DDC) meeting held at the deputy commissioner's conference hall here.

In the meeting, Khan asked the head of the fisheries department to strictly enforce the ban on catching of fish using mosquito nets during the breeding season.

Khan also instructed the head of the labour and employment department to ensure that no cash is paid to the tea garden labourers as it is strictly prohibited by law.

"The labour department has to ensure that no cash payment takes place and that wages are deposited directly into the bank accounts of plantation workers," he added.

He also reviewed the anti-erosion and flood protection work and directed the superintending engineer of the water resources department to ensure no breaches take place in the embankments.

The deputy commissioner asked the officials of the public health engineering department to complete the process of uploading of data for officially declaring Hailakandi as an open defecation-free district.

The deputy commissioner asked the officials of the roads constructing agencies to submit a comprehensive action plan for new projects in the district before the meeting in Dispur on June 1.

Khan urged the district heads to cooperate fully with the upcoming measles rubella vaccination campaign, beginning June 11, for children between the age group of nine and 15 years and Ayushman Bharat (Urban) programme that provides Rs 5 lakh to each family annually who falls under the Socio-economic Caste Census, 2011.

Following pleas by some district heads, it was decided to hold the DDC meeting on the sixth of every month so that every development department can submit the details of status of progress reports accordingly. The next meeting will be held on July 6.