With the introduction of modern display screens at the RTO office and launch of official Facebook page, the department of transport here appears to have gone high-tech. The official Facebook page of department could be accessed from the website of the transport department of Uttarakhand. The Facebook page in Uttarakhand is being introduced on the lines of Delhi transport department.
The Additional Regional Transport Officer (ARTO), administration, Sandeep Saini told The Pioneer that the Facebook page would have the normal traffic rules and the laws of the Motor Vehicle Act.
He said the Facebook is being introduced to make the public more aware about the rules and regulation. He said that the Transport commissioner M Ramaswami is the chief Editor of the page and Assistant Transport Commissioner Rajiv Mehra is the deputy chief Editor while Naresh Singh and Pramod Nautiyal are the editors of the page. Saini said that a modern waiting hall with a seating capacity of 150 persons is being constructed at the RTO office Dehradun with an estimated budget of Rs 9.25 lakhs.
He disclosed that a lCD screen with projector would also be installed in this waiting hall once it is completed. Saini said that the screen would convey the rules and regulation of the motor vehicle act and advices like safety measures to be adopted while driving to the people. The modern waiting hall would benefit large number of people who visit the RTO office daily and have to stand in the queues for long hours.