The freedom to choose any transport office of the State for vehicle-related services would be a kind of liberation for thousands of people.
The long queues in front of transport offices would soon be a thing of past, said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday while launching several citizen-centric services of the State Transport Authority (STA) under the 5T initiative. Patnaik said the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) have gone paperless enabling the citizens to get the services online from any place any time. The vehicle registration process has also been made paperless and contactless.
He said Odisha is the first State using the platform of NIC to introduce document upload through digital signatures with auto number generation, thereby dispensing with the submission of paper documents at the local RTOs and allowing the owner to register the vehicle at any transport office. Patnaik added that the State is also the first to introduce Learner Licence Application in UMANG App, the mobile platform of National E-Governance Division.
As many as nine services were rolled out on virtual mode that include vehicle registration, auto approval of goods and contract carriage permits, special permits for buses, online application of international driving permit, renewal of registration and transfer of ownership in any RTO of the State, learners licence through mobile app. Transport Minister Padmanabha Behera said it is for the vision of the Chief Minister, Odisha is now a leading State in providing paperless and instant services in transport sector.