HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
The state Transport department was constituted in
1945 under the provisions of Section 133 A of the Motor Vehicles' Act, 1939.
The department acts as the apex regulatory body that controls the entire gamut
of activities that go into the operation of passenger & goods transport motor vehicles
- both private & commercial. Through these regulatory activities, the department of
Transport is one of the major revenue earners for the state exchequer.
The state of
Uttar Pradesh has a motorable road network of 1.33 lakh kms, and is
served by about 7400 buses of the state owned Uttar Pradesh State Road
Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) on 475 routes covering a nationalised
road length of about 25000 kms. Additionally, about 18000 private buses
operate on 1290 private routes, covering about 75000 kms of the road
network. These constitute the backbone of the passenger road transport
sector of the state.
The
following maps of the state are available for viewing;
