The State Government has decided to give ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) for opening vehicle fitness centre in the city. District Transport Officer (DTO) Nagendra Paswan visited a site for the centre at Tupudana on Saturday. More such centres are to be opened. “Till date, MVI has been checking the fitness of vehicles. But, with the fitness centre under us, it will be convenient for the public to avail a vehicle fitness certificate. They can easily approach us after purchasing a new vehicle for commercial purpose. As of now, one company has turned up for establishing fitness centre. We want other companies to turn up so that more centres can be opened across the city,” Paswan said.
Besides, the fitness centre, the transport department is mulling to start more than five pollution centres. Sources maintained the DTO inspected petrol pumps on Saturday for the proposed pollution centres. The information seems a blessing for the public. Uday Shankar Ojha, president of State Bus-Truck Owners Association said it will now be helpful for the public for approve their vehicle’s fitness.
“Police usually charges ra Rs1,000 if a person fails to show documents regarding fitness of his or her vehicles. This corruption means will come to an end,” added Ojha. Sources maintained the fitness certificate would include the condition of various parts of a vehicle like lights and indicator. last month, the transport department officials and traffic police found dozens of two wheeler, three wheeler and four wheeler vehicles violating the norms of Road Safety during surprise inspections conducted in the Road Safety Week from January 11 to 17 at Harmu, Kantatoli, Birsa Chowk and Ratu Road.
As per the proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in 2014, it would be mandatory for private owners to get fitness certificates for the roadworthiness of their vehicles. The Union Government has also proposed the setting up of new inspection and certification centres for vehicles. A vehicle will not be considered registered unless they have a fitness certificate with information mentioned by an authority.