In a record of sorts, a truck driver was fined a whopping Rs 86,500 by the Transport Department officials under the amended MV Act.
Later, the truck having a Nagaland registration number was released after the driver Asok Yadav paid a penalty of Rs 70,000. Though the incident took place on September 3, the truck was released on September 6 after Yadav paid the fine. Transport officials said that the truck was intercepted at Sarlakani area of Sambalpur district.
The driver was penalised a total of Rs 86,500 including, General Offence- Rs 500, Allowing unauthorised person to drive vehicle- Rs 5,000, Driving without valid DL- Rs 5,000, carrying overload in goods vehicle- Rs 56,000, and carrying over-dimension load- Rs 20,000. The truck was loaded with a JCB machine. It was on its way to Chhattisgarh from Talcher Town of Angul district when it was intercepted by officials. “After he produced documents the amount of penalty was settled at Rs 70,000. After he paid the penalty the truck was released,” said Sambalpur RTO MVI B Samanta Singh Ray.