The days of making rounds to the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Office for vehicle registration number are going to end soon.
Now, the registration number will be delivered to your registered e-mail ID within 24 hours of buying the vehicle.
Sounds interesting?
The online registration of vehicles will be launched for the first time in the State in Visakhapatnam on March 1.
The trial runs are already on, and the launch is expected for a smooth take off on Tuesday.
“Reliance is providing Internet connectivity for the Visakhapatnam RTA Office, located at Madhavadhara in the city. The project connectivity testing has been completed. RTA employees and all the 48 automobile dealers under its jurisdiction have been trained on the new system and given dealer login IDs,” Transport Commissioner N. Balasubrahmanyam told The Hindu on Saturday.
“Those buying vehicles from automobile dealers, under the purview of the Visakhapatnam RTA located at Madhavadhara, will have to invariably carry a proof of their identity while going to the automobile dealer. The original ID proof can be a passport, Aadhaar card, PAN card, or any other acceptable ID.”
“A valid document bearing the latest residential address of the buyer is mandatory if the address mentioned on the ID proof has changed. In addition, PAN card is compulsory for registration of commercial vehicles. The documents would have to be uploaded at the automobile showroom itself immediately on buying of the vehicle,” he said.
LLR kiosks
LLR kiosks, installed in Vijayawada recently, have earned the appreciation of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu as it would enable even a computer illiterate applicant to take the LLR (learner’s license) test without any difficulty. “Testing of the LLR kiosks would begin during the first week of March. They would come into operation soon,” Mr. Balasubrahmanyam said. “Cameras have been installed at the Driving Track at Gannavaram in Vijayawada for the first time in the State. The cameras would capture the driving skills of the motorist as a proof of having taken the test,” he said.
“Around 8 lakh of the total 10 lakh vehicles in Visakhapatnam district are ‘non-transport’ (personal vehicles). Around 40,000 vehicles (including 34,000 non-transport) are being added every year and a vast majority of them are registered in the city,” says Deputy Transport Commissioner S. Venkateswara Rao.
Salient features
Number to be delivered to registered e-mail ID within 24 hours of buying the vehicle
Those purchasing vehicles should carry an ID proof such as passport, Aadhaar card, PAN card
The ID proof should bear the latest residential address of the buyer
The automobile dealer would upload the documents immediately on purchase of the vehicle
