Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: Transport Commissioner Vishesh Paul Mahajan today reviewed the working of offices of the Motor Vehicle Department at a meeting here today. The ARTOs of Jammu division attended the meeting in person, while RTO and ARTOs of Kashmir division participated through virtual mode.
The Transport Commissioner directed the officers to streamline the functioning of the field offices to provide hassle free services to the general public being offered by the Transport Department. He further directed the officers to launch special drives against Number Plate masking and carrying of goods by the passenger vehicles.
He directed the officers and officials of the Motor Vehicles Department to be polite and at the same time firm in dealing with any kind of violations by the drivers and emphasised to deal strictly against overloading, drunken driving, rash driving, driving without helmet. He wanted them to go for seizure of vehicles and cancellation of Driving License of habitual offenders.
Meanwhile, the Motor Vehicle Department launched a special drive in the district to book violators found plying their vehicles with tempered /masked High Security Registration Plates (HSRP). As many as 5 vehicles, found plying with tampered HSRPs, were seized. The enforcement drive was conducted under the guidance of the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Jammu, Pankaj Bhagotra as per the instructions received from Transport Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan.
The teams checked 578 vehicles out of which 5 vehicles were seized and 127 vehicles were e challaned for different violations. The total expected revenue from the e-challans issued during the drives is Rs. 2.72 lakh.
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