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Nine new RTOs to decentralise work in Karnataka
Bangalore, Oct 05: To provide better connectivity to people living in rural areas and decentralise work, the Karnataka government has decided to open nine new assistant Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and four new check posts, a top official of the transport department said.
Bangalore, Oct 05: To provide better connectivity to people living in rural areas and decentralise work, the Karnataka government has decided to open nine new assistant Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and four new check posts, a top official of the transport department said.
The four new checkposts in Belgaum, Chamarajanagar, Kolar
and Bellary districts would help control 'clandestine and unauthorised operation of other state vehicles at the state border', I M Vitthalamurthy, transport commissioner, told media persons.
These offices and check posts would be made functional by redeploying existing staff without any extra financial burden on the government, he said. Computerisation of RTOs had also been taken up, with work in five RTO's in Bangalore being completed. RTOs in Gulbarga, Mysore, Mandya, Dharwad and Mangalore would also be computerised by next month end. "The remaining 30 RTOs will be computerised by the end of march through private participation", he said.
The transport department had developed software named 'Sarathy' and 'Vahana, which would be implemented under the build-own-maintain and transfer system before March 31, 2004, Vitthalamurthy said.
"We have already shortlisted seven private agencies and out of these one will be chosen", he said. A committee had also been formed under the chairmanship of senior deputy transport commissioner and secretary, state transport authority, Kerala, to study and submit a report on simplifying various forms prescribed under the central motor vehicles rules, he added.
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These offices and check posts would be made functional by redeploying existing staff without any extra financial burden on the government, he said. Computerisation of RTOs had also been taken up, with work in five RTO's in Bangalore being completed. RTOs in Gulbarga, Mysore, Mandya, Dharwad and Mangalore would also be computerised by next month end. "The remaining 30 RTOs will be computerised by the end of march through private participation", he said.
The transport department had developed software named 'Sarathy' and 'Vahana, which would be implemented under the build-own-maintain and transfer system before March 31, 2004, Vitthalamurthy said.
"We have already shortlisted seven private agencies and out of these one will be chosen", he said. A committee had also been formed under the chairmanship of senior deputy transport commissioner and secretary, state transport authority, Kerala, to study and submit a report on simplifying various forms prescribed under the central motor vehicles rules, he added.
Bureau Report