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RTOs, cops told to scrap or auction khataras
1 week, 4 days ago

RTOs, cops told to scrap or auction khataras

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: ‘Khataras’ – that quintessentially Mumbai epithet for old and abandoned vehicles that are the bane of motorists scouring the streets for ever-elusive parking spots. At the meeting, officials were told to keep government offices clean, clear khataras and other clutter from their premises, and make their premises citizen-friendly, whether RTOs or police stations. The owners of vehicles impounded for …

Mumbai Vehicles State Scrap Rtos Khatara Transport Offices
VACB detects investments to the tune of 84 lakh in raid at arrested RTO’s house in Kochi
1 month, 1 week ago

VACB detects investments to the tune of 84 lakh in raid at arrested RTO’s house in Kochi

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau reportedly detected savings and investments worth around ₹84 lakh and seized liquid cash worth ₹64,000 and 74 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquor during the nearly 15-hour-long raid at the house of Ernakulam Regional Transport Officer T.M. Saji and Ramapadiyar, who allegedly served as Mr. Jerson’s agents, were the ones to be initially nabbed while …

Rto Vacb Jerson 84 Lakh
No 24-hour MVD surveillance at border check-posts
1 month, 3 weeks ago

No 24-hour MVD surveillance at border check-posts

The Hindu  

Finally, the long queues and altercations at border check-posts would soon be a thing of the past with the Motor Vehicles department issuing orders to wind up round-the-clock check-post surveillance and redeploy officers. The order says Regional Transport Officers should collect details of tax-evading vehicles from GST Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras and intercept them for tax realisation and legal …

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Delay in supply of licenses/RC smart cards hits RTOs in Karnataka
2 months, 1 week ago

Delay in supply of licenses/RC smart cards hits RTOs in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Regional Transport Offices across the state are facing a crisis in issuing smart card driving licences and vehicle registration certificates. Sources said, “Karnataka is facing, perhaps, the worst crisis in dispatching DL and RC smart cards. Driving licence seekers complain that officials at RTOs tell them to wait as there is a problem in getting smart cards from the …

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State to set up 38 computerised driving test tracks
2 months, 1 week ago

State to set up 38 computerised driving test tracks

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: To make the process of getting a driving license more stringent, the Maharashtra transport department has proposed to develop automated driving test tracks at 38 different Regional Transport Offices in the state. With computerised test tracks, the RTOs hope to make the driving test tougher so that bad drivers don’t get licence. We intend to take it to 25% …

Test Rto Rtos Tracks Mumbai Computerised Driving
RTOs to tighten checks on gig workers’ bikes in Tamil Nadu
3 months, 2 weeks ago

RTOs to tighten checks on gig workers’ bikes in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Following repeated complaints about traffic violations, the transport commissioner Shunchonngam Jatak Chiru has directed Regional Transport Offices to inspect two-wheelers, particularly those involved in commercial activities, to ensure compliance with statutory provisions. The order was issued in wake of the protest staged by Tamil Nadu Road Transport Workers Association against violations of bike riders. The commissioner has issued a …

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Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Transport department launches special drive for winter

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: With the winter months prone to heightened accident risk and resultant fatalities, the Transport Department has launched a special enforcement drive to crack down on road safety violations while raising awareness on safe driving. Transport department sources said enforcement activities will be carried out across the state to check violations like riding without helmets, driving without putting on the …

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Provide services in RTOs at par with passport offices: Yogi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Provide services in RTOs at par with passport offices: Yogi

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed that regional transport offices in the state should be equipped with facilities like those available in passport offices. Yogi also stressed that no fake driving licenses should be issued and that the presence of outsiders in RTO offices should be minimised. He also stressed that no fake driving licenses should be issued …

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Riders Engaging in Conversation With Pillion Passenger Will Attract Fine in Kerala
8 months ago

Riders Engaging in Conversation With Pillion Passenger Will Attract Fine in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has the "double helmet rule" which mandates the rider as well as the pillion to wear the helmet while riding a two-wheeler but a new directive has come into place in the State, where a rider should not have engage in a conversation with the pillion passenger. According to Kaumudi online report, if a rider engages in a …

Pillion Passenger
Transport Department initiates crackdown on bike taxis in Bengaluru
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Transport Department initiates crackdown on bike taxis in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

After autorickshaw and cab drivers in Bengaluru staged a protest, the Karnataka Transport Department on Thursday mandated Regional Transport Offices to create special investigation teams to tackle unauthorized bike taxis, including electric bike taxis. High Court order However, the Transport Department’s directive lacks clarity on the enforcement measures, given that the High Court has already directed action against those hindering …

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Mandatory correctional training for errant drivers at IDTR, says Kerala Transport Minister
9 months, 1 week ago

Mandatory correctional training for errant drivers at IDTR, says Kerala Transport Minister

The Hindu  

The driving licence of those involved in road accidents and drivers involved in grave rule violations would be suspended, and they would have to undergo crash-prevention driving correctional training at Institute of Driver Training and Research, Edappal, Transport Minister K.B. He added that the ongoing measures to improve the quality of driving tests would help create skilled drivers, which would …

Fitness of KSRTC buses will have to be certified by RTOs every year: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 3 months ago

Fitness of KSRTC buses will have to be certified by RTOs every year: Karnataka High Court

The Hindu  

While emphasising that the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation should use better quality of buses to ply on the roads, the High Court of Karnataka has directed that the corporation to obtain certificate from the Regional Transport Officers with regard to fitness of its buses every year. Also, the court said the mechanical department of KSRTC should certify about the …

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‘Cauvery or Carpooling…’: Netizens angered by Bengaluru RTO’s latest ban
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Cauvery or Carpooling…’: Netizens angered by Bengaluru RTO’s latest ban

Live Mint  

The Karnataka Government announced a ban on car pooling in the state's capital city Bengaluru, in keeping with the demands of taxi driver associations. Karnataka Government's transport department advised residents of Bengaluru not to take rides from the carpooling apps like BlaBla car, Quick Ride among others. Ride-hailing apps like BlaBla Car, Quickride, Rideshare, Commute Easy, and Carpool Adda have …

Bengaluru Karnataka Car Ban Taxi
Andheri, Borivali RTOs launch helpline against share auto/taxi menace
1 year, 7 months ago

Andheri, Borivali RTOs launch helpline against share auto/taxi menace

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Two Regional Transport Offices, in Andheri and Borivali, have launched a helpline for citizens to complain against erring autorickshaws and taxis in their region. HT Image The development comes after HT had published a series of articles in a campaign titled “Sharing Troubles” against the menace of share autorickshaws and taxis across the city. Following HT’s campaign, the RTO …

Mumbai Share Rto Borivali Taxi Autorickshaw Helpline
37 students injured after overloaded tempo overturns in K’taka distt
1 year, 8 months ago

37 students injured after overloaded tempo overturns in K’taka distt

Hindustan Times  

At least 37 children were injured after an overloaded mini tempo ferrying students of a Belagavi private school overturned in Savadatti taluk of the district on Friday morning, police said. The RTO office in Belagavi has only 13 RTOs against the required number of 34 The mini tempo had a seating capacity of 12, and over a dozen students including …

Rto Belagavi Students Carrying
Despite new Metro lines, RTOs see 23% increase in vehicle registration on Gudi Padwa
2 years ago

Despite new Metro lines, RTOs see 23% increase in vehicle registration on Gudi Padwa

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Despite the two new metro lines — Metro-2A and Metro-7 connecting the western suburbs, there has been an almost 23% increase in the number of vehicles registered at the three Regional Transport Offices — Borivali, Andheri and Wadala — on the day of Gudi Padwa. As per figures of vehicles registered on Gudi Padwa days of March 21 and …

Metro Andheri Gudi Padwa Gudi Vehicles Registered Borivali Rtos Four Wheelers
Vehicle Owners Can't Be Expected To Make Enquiries With RTOs All Over Country To Cross Check Validity Of Driver's License: J&K&L High Court
2 years, 6 months ago

Vehicle Owners Can't Be Expected To Make Enquiries With RTOs All Over Country To Cross Check Validity Of Driver's License: J&K&L High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently held that it is open to insurance company to take a defence in a claim petition under MV Act that the driver of offending vehicle was not duly licenced, but it is required to prove such a plea. A bench of Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul observed, "Nevertheless, even after proving …

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MP Police raids transport officer's house, finds property worth 650 times more than his income
2 years, 7 months ago

MP Police raids transport officer's house, finds property worth 650 times more than his income

India Today  

Economic Offence Wing raided the house of a regional transport officer Santosh Pal in an alleged disproportionate assets case in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Wednesday night. Reportedly, the EOW found properties worth 650 times more than his income from the RTO’s house located in Shatabdi Puram Colony of Jabalpur. According to EOW SP Devendra Pratap Singh, “We received a complaint …

House Rto Eow His Income Rto Santosh Pal
Driving from Bengaluru to Goa? Be ready to pay ₹10,000 fine, if without permit
2 years, 11 months ago

Driving from Bengaluru to Goa? Be ready to pay ₹10,000 fine, if without permit

Hindustan Times  

Last week over 40 taxis travelling from Bengaluru to Goa had to shell out ₹10,000 as a fine for not obtaining a special permit to cross the border. But reports said that issuing special permits at the checkpoints to grant entry into Goa has stopped since the beginning of the month. The New Indian Express quoted M Ravi, the vice …

Bengaluru Karnataka Goa Rto Special Sta Permit
No more RC smart cards for new vehicles
3 years, 4 months ago

No more RC smart cards for new vehicles

The Hindu  

After issuing smart cards for registration certificates for over 12 years, the Transport Department will do away with the exercise in the future. Rajender Kumar Kataria, Principal Secretary of Transport Department told The Hindu, that doing away with physical verification for registration of new vehicles is a major change. However, the smart card for driving licences continue to be issued.” …

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How helpful are Delhi's 'faceless' RTOs? A reality check
3 years, 5 months ago

How helpful are Delhi's 'faceless' RTOs? A reality check

India Today  

Aryan Purthi is a 19-year-old university student. “The process of applying for the learner’s licence and taking the date for the driving test was smooth,” Purthi said, praising the Kejriwal government’s push for the “faceless” RTOs. It is cheaper than the money we used to pay to touts.” Swift processing of applications According to Delhi’s Transport Department, between August 7 …

Delhi Services Applications Online Licence Rto Problems
RTO at your door: 90+% transport services in Delhi go ‘faceless’ in online push
3 years, 7 months ago

RTO at your door: 90+% transport services in Delhi go ‘faceless’ in online push

Hindustan Times  

Delhi residents can avail of 33 transport documents online without visiting a regional transport office after the Delhi government on Wednesday launched the “faceless transport services” programme, which pushes online 95% of all travel-related paperwork, and has allowed the state to shut four of its busiest transport offices in Sarai Kale Khan, IP Depot, Vasant Vihar, and Janakpuri. Transport minister …

Delhi Transport Services Test Service Rto System
Odisha RTOs to Operate Tomorrow for 2 Hours, Orders State Transport Department
4 years, 5 months ago

Odisha RTOs to Operate Tomorrow for 2 Hours, Orders State Transport Department

News 18  

During the Laxmi Puja holidays, regional transport offices in Odisha will remain open on October 31 for two hours, declared the State Transport Department. This has been done keeping in mind the fact that many vehicle dealers would want to register their newly sold vehicle at the RTO but there are three consecutive holidays for Laxmi Puja from October 30 …

Odisha Registration Vehicle Rto Sta Dealer Laxmi Puja
Vehicle registrations decline 43% to 9.67 lakh in June: Report
4 years, 8 months ago

Vehicle registrations decline 43% to 9.67 lakh in June: Report

Live Mint  

The number of vehicle registrations declined 43% to 9.67 lakh in June compared to the year-ago month amid the coronavirus pandemic even as the count of tractor registrations rose last month, according to a report. The three-wheeler segment witnessed the biggest drop last month falling around 76% to 11,806 registrations, ICICI Securities said in the report on Friday. As per …

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