Bengaluru: Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), which is set to launch a citywide drive against abandoned vehicles Friday, issued a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) that lays down the process for identifying, towing, and disposing of vehicles left on roads, footpaths, and other public spaces.The drive, to be carried out jointly by the city corporations, traffic…
Margao: Hundreds of citizens who walk into the Osia commercial complex every day for govt work are being greeted by an obnoxious reception — overflowing garbage, paan-stained staircases, unreliable elevators and a stench that visitors say has become impossible to ignore.The complex, which houses several important state govt offices including the RTO, the sales and…
HSRP plates being installed at a fitment centre in Pune Pune: Owners of vehicles without High Security Registration Plates (HSRPs), who have neither installed them nor booked an appointment for the same, will face repeated fines every time they are caught, senior officials from the local Regional Transport Office (RTO) have warned.Regional transport officer Archana…
Prayagraj: With schools reopening on Wednesday, the Regional Transport Office (RTO) launched a weeklong drive to ensure that students are not transported in unfit vehicles. The campaign, which will continue till July 7, aims to help schools bring their vehicles in compliance with safety and legal requirements before stricter enforcement begins next week.Transport department records…
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) seized a total of ₹63,100 in unaccounted cash from touts during a surprise check carried out at the Regional Transport Office, Coimbatore Central, on Thursday. The DVAC team, supervised by Additional Superintendent of Police C. Rajesh, began the surprise check around noon, which went on for…
RTO clerical staff strike Pune: Kalyaninagar’s Kuldip Shelar (46) is worried about the renewal of his driving licence because of the indefinite strike of RTOs’ clerical staff from Tuesday.“I contacted someone I know at the RTO (Region Transport Office) about my licence. He told me about the strike. This will surely delay my licence renewal….
Shivamogga traffic cops inspect buses Shivamogga: Following the reopening of schools, Shivamogga district police on Monday launched a major crackdown on school transportation vehicles by conducting surprise inspections across the district.The special drive is aimed at ensuring the safety of schoolchildren by screening vehicle operators for drunk driving.During this extensive operation, district police subjected a…
BEST panel members Ramakant Gupta & Ajay Singh BEST Oshiwara depot bus inspection Mumbai: After exposing leakages in BEST buses during the pre-monsoon showers recently, three committee members conducted a surprise visit during the weekend to the Oshiwara bus depot, where some of the buses are parked, and found, to their surprise, more leakages and…
Applicants get 90 seconds to complete parallel parking. Many either run outof time or touch a boundary marker, both of which result in failure Parallel parking has become the single biggest hurdle at driving licence tests in Gujarat, tripping up three out of every four candidates who fail, even when their cars come fitted with…
Mumbai: An autorickshaw permit was recently issued in the name of the same person at two RTOs, one at Borivli and another at Thane. An inquiry is being conducted in this connection.A senior official said that the department has taken cognisance and will be cancelling the permit issued by Thane RTO. Activists have however demanded…
