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West Bengal Imposes Luggage Limit on Passengers Traveling by App-Bikes

The Statesman Siliguri

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July 12, 2025

To ensure the safety of the drivers and passengers traveling by app-bikes and to prevent accidents, the West Bengal Transport department, on Friday, fixed the upper limit of the weight and size of the bags that the passengers can carry along with them while traveling through the app-bikes.

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As per a notification from the State transport department, the bag that a passenger could carry while traveling on an app-bike should not exceed 10 kg.

At the same time, as per the notification, the width of the bag should not exceed 36 cm.

The state transport department has also made it mandatory that all app-bikes, henceforth, will have to mandatorily use number plates having the base color of yellow.

The new rules will be applicable for app-bikes both in the state capital of Kolkata as well as in the districts across the state.

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