The state Transport department
was constituted 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.
Goa has a
total of 224 km of National highway, 232 km of state highway
and 815 km of district highway.
Goa has two National Highways passing through it. NH-17 runs
along India's west coast and links Goa to Bombay in the north
and Mangalore to the south. NH-4A running across the state
connects the capital Panjim to Belgaum in east, linking Goa
to cities in the Deccan. The NH-17A connects NH-17 to Mormugao
Harbour from Cortalim, and the new NH-17B, four lane highway
connecting Mormugao Harbour to NH-17 at another location,
Verna, via Dabolim airport
