Vehicle scrapping facility centers are being set up by the Transport Department to systematically scrap vehicles older than 15 years owned by the government and corporations in the state and private vehicles that fail the fitness test. At present, two registered vehicle scrapping facility centres have been started in Bhopal district and one in Indore district.
To encourage the general public to scrap vehicles through the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility Centre, a discount of up to 15 percent in motor vehicle tax and up to 25 percent for non-transport vehicles is being given on the purchase of new vehicles by them. For motor vehicles of any category and any age limit registered in the state, up to 90 percent discount has been provided on the due amount of any motor vehicle tax or penalty. Through this scheme, revenue of Rs 57 lakh has been obtained from 600 vehicles.
A call centre has been set up by the Transport Department to provide information about vehicle tax, permit, fitness etc. to commercial vehicle owners of the state, on which vehicle owners can call and get information related to their vehicles.
