Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa directed the officers to inspect and initiate strict action by imposing fines on transport companies involved in misuse of the e-way bills and other illegal activities. He was speaking in a meeting, with Commercial Tax officers and reviewed the status of tax collection in Bengaluru yesterday.<br />'' <br />''The Chief Minister had directed the officials during the meeting held last month, to take stringent action against the issue of using duplicate e-way bill , misuse of the provided time limit for transport of goods. <br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Accordingly the number of road vigilance teams has been increased from 77 to 116. These teams have inspected 2.89 lakh transport vehicles and 7.46 lakh e-way bills. Out of this, 300 unlawful cases have been found and Rs.6.21 crore of tax and fine has been collected, the officers explained.</span><br />