Infuriated at the State Government’s decision to start dealer point registration system, the ministerial workers of the transport department retorted to lock out of the offices on Thursday. In protest against this move all 450 ministerial workers of State transport department were on strike. The strike brought work in all transport offices to a grinding halt. In RTO office of Dehradun revenue loss to the tune of Rs 35 lakh occurred due to the strike.
People visiting the Regional Transport Office (RTO) of Dehradun had a vexing time on Tuesday as they found the office locked down by the agitating employees.
The district President of the association of ministerial employees of transport department, Y S Bisht told The Pioneer that the state government intends to usher in privatization in the department by this move. He claimed that corruption would increase by the introduction of dealer point registration as dealers are not accountable as employees.
Bisht said that the strike would continue till the department does a roll back on this move.
To ease the load of transport offices, the state government had decided to empower the vehicle dealers to apply for registration of vehicles they sell and provide it to the customers. This system was started as pilot project in Dehradun district.
The additional transport commissioner Sunita Singh said that the fear of the employees is baseless and the move would benefit general public and reduce work load in the RTO offices. She said that this practice is being followed in 22 states of the country.