Govt to set up inspection, certification centres for vehicles

Principal Secretary Transport Asghar Hassan Samoon Wednesday said that automated inspection and certification centres (ICC) will be set up for rigorous inspection of motor vehicles in Private-Public Partnership (PPP) mode.

The Principal Secretary stated this during a meeting toreview various projects and initiatives undertaken by the Transport Department,according to an official spokesperson.

   

The meeting was attended by Chief Engineer R&B SamiArif, RTO Kashmir AkramullahTak, General Manager JKPCC Harkawal Singh, DirectorFinance Transport Department Mahesh Das, Additional Transport Commissioner AjazAbdullah, SE R&B JavidBukhari, and other concerned.

Transport Commissioner SP Vaid, Divisional CommissionerLadakhSaughat Biswas, ARTO Kargil and other officers participated in themeeting via videoconferencing.

Samoon said the ICCs will be set up in each district of theState to inspect vehicles and remove any defect before they are allowed to plyon roads.

He said that these centres will serve as technical centresfor testing the roadworthiness of transport vehicles after evaluation ofvarious identified parameters in a scientific manner.

“The fitness tests of motor vehicles, being carried outpresently are visual, completely non-mechanised and nothing but subjectiveevaluation by the inspecting officer. The prescribed tests are more of aroutine nature rather than fulfilling any meaningful exercise. With automatedinspection and certification centres, we will be able to solve theseissues,” he added.

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