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| JK roads 'unsafe', unfit vehicles move around! | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 29: In a shocking move that has left the roads in Jammu and Kashmir allegedly "unsafe and accident prone", expired vehicles could be moving around in the Union Territory.
The Early Times has got access to the official documents which reveal that the previous governments had been allowing movement of expired vehicles at the "cost of public life and road safety" and that a "big number of such vehicles could still be moving around."
Official documents reveal that during the rule of the "Kashmir based dynasts", around 30,000 private vehicles had been moving around after expiry of their fitness and that owners of such vehicles never even applied for the renewal.
Officials said it was uncertain if such vehicles could still be moving around "as no major crackdown was launched to get rid of the menace."
"MV Act, 1988 stipulates that certificate of registration in respect of motor vehicle other than a transport vehicle shall be valid for a period of 15 years from the date of issue and shall be renewable as per the provisions of the Act. On receipt of application, renew the certificate of registration for a period of five years and intimate the fact to the original registering authority," the official documents said.
A government report of 2020 said "Data analysis of VAHAN revealed that, in all, there were 4,31,459 private cars and 8,06,001 two wheelers registered with the 11 selected RTOs/ARTOs. Of these, registration of 15,075 private cars and 12,672 two wheelers… RTOs/ARTOs were due for renewal of registration during 2013-14 to 2017-18. However, only 5,829 vehicle owners (cars: 4,782; two wheelers: 1,047) (21 per cent) got their registration certificates renewed during April 2013 to March 2018," the report said.
"The remaining 10,293 private cars and 11,625 two wheelers owners neither renewed the registration nor surrendered the registration certificate to the registering authority, after expiry of 15 years.
"The department had not taken any action against these vehicle owners for renewal of registration. The revenue implication in respect of these 21,918 vehicles was `6.12 crore (registration fee/ Motor Vehicles tax," the report added.
The concerned officials were not available for comments. A senior official told Early Times on the condition of anonymity that vehicles whose fitness has expired can lead to accidents unless their renewal is done after fresh inspection. |
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