Lucknow, Aug. 9 -- : The State Transport Authority (STA) has cancelled 8,322 transport permits in a major drive to improve road safety and enforce transport laws. The permits were cancelled due to expired documents, vehicles crossing age limits, and other legal violations, said transport commissioner BN Singh on Wednesday.

In three serious road accidents where four to five people died in each case, the permits of the vehicles involved were cancelled. The STA also put a one-year ban on issuing new permits for those vehicles. "This shows our strict zero-tolerance approach," Singh said.

Along with this, 738 permits were suspended for 45 days, and 1,200 show-cause notices were sent to vehicle owners who were using long-expired permits. Thes...