As many as 16,419 challans have been issued by Haryana Transport Department for various offences and a sum of `28.32 crore have been collected from April 1 to August 31, 2015.
A spokesperson of Haryana Transport Department on Monday said that the Department has issued 35,123 challans for various offences under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and realised `53.94 crore on account of compounding fees during the year 2014-15.
He said that the department collected `1,191 crore as revenue against the target of
`1,175 crore during the year 2014-15. The target of receipts during the current year is `1,316 crore, and a sum of `664 crore has already been collected till September 30, 2015.
The spokesman said that Haryana Roadways has traditionally been providing stage carriage services in the State with a fleet of about 4,200 buses.
He added as many as 43,438 drivers have been imparted training during 2014-15 at the Institutes of Driving Training and Research (IDTRs) at Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and Kaithal, and 30,356 drivers have been imparted training from April 1 to September 30, 2015.
A fourth Institute of Driving Training and Research (IDTR) will be established at village Kaluwas in district Bhiwani and the construction work has already started. Besides, a proposal has been sent to the Centre for sanction of financial assistance for another IDTR at village Chhapeda in district Mewat. Haryana Roadways is also running 18 driving training schools in the State, he added.
The State Road Safety Council, chaired by the State Transport Minister has been reconstituted and experts in road safety, road engineering and road safety planning are included in it.
The State level Road Safety Steering Committee headed by the Chief Secretary has been constituted to monitor and implement the Haryana Road Safety Action Plan. Apart from this, ‘Surakshit School Vahan Policy’ has been formulated and implemented for the safety of school children and Road Safety Committees have been constituted at the state, district and sub-division levels for effective implementation of the Policy.
The spokesperson said that with a view to improving road worthiness of motor vehicles, an inspection and certification centre for motor vehicles equipped with fully automated and computerised machines will be set up at Rohtak with financial assistance of `14.40 crore from the Central Government. The capacity of the centre is 1.25 to 1.5 lakh vehicles per year. The construction of the building of centre is likely to be completed by October end and the centre would be made functional soon after its completion.
Apart from this, authorisation has been granted to 868 pollution checking centres in the State. The Transport Department is delivering many innovative citizen services, including electronic payment of road tax, said the spokesman.
He added that online dealer point registration system has been implemented at 44 locations in the State and 18 more locations are proposed to be added soon. Besides, allotment of registration numbers across the state by way of computerised randomisation has been introduced in all the Registering Authorities to bring transparency. Computerised receipts are being issued for tax and fee received in all the offices, he added.
The spokesman further said that work of digitisation of legacy and old registration and driving licenses, etc. has been started and likely to be completed by June 2016.