Dehradun Regional Transport Office on Friday issued a challan to a 9-year-old boy driving an e-rickshaw and has seized the vehicle.
The juvenile has been sent home and challan under the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 has been sent to court. Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) Arvind Pandey said that on Friday, the department issued total 60 challans and five vehicles were seized.
ARTO Pandey said, “On Friday we conducted campaign at Rajpur Road and Mussoorie Road, during which several challans were issued to people talking on phone while riding or driving, over speeding and riding without helmet.
Citizens are requested to not give their juveniles vehicles to operate as under the amended act parents or vehicle owner can be penalised with heavy fine or sentenced to jail or maybe both,” he added.