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Mysore city to have second RTO soon

Staff Correspondent

This is in view of the increase in the number of new vehicles This is in view of the increase in the number of new vehicles

MYSORE: In view of the increase in the number of new vehicles in Mysore, the Government has decided to open a second Regional Transport Office (RTO) here.

This was announced by M.C. Narayangowda, Transport Commissioner of the State, who was on a routine visit to the RTO office here on Saturday.

Workload in the present RTO in the city had increased during the last couple of months and hence it had been decided to open one more office soon.

According to Transport Department officials, the number of vehicles being registered in Mysore is touching almost 100 every day. In addition, the office of the RTO has to attend to routine work including issue of licence, fitness certificate, and permits.

The office in Mysore, which is already suffering from staff shortage, is finding it difficult to handle the heavy workload.

Mr. Narayanagowda said that the Government had sanctioned Rs. 15 crore to improve infrastructure in the department offices. New buildings would be constructed at a cost of Rs 10 crore. The remaining Rs. 5 crore would be spent on driving tracks, he added.

Work on improvement of infrastructure of the department had begun in Madikeri, Davangere, Hassan, Bagalkot and Haveri, he said. Mr. Narayanagowda said the department had initiated people-friendly measures, which includes issue of smart cards to all vehicles owners in the State. These cards would replace Registration Certificate (RC) books and other documents pertaining to a vehicle, he said. "The smart cards will contain all details pertaining to the vehicle. Once they are introduced, vehicle owner need not carry their documents with them", Mr Narayanagowda said.

Mr. Narayanagowda said that the use of liquefied petroleum gas to run vehicles was illegal in Karnataka, except in Bangalore.

"Use of gas for vehicles has been permitted only in places with gas filling stations. Bangalore has this facility and hence the exemption", he said. Domestic LPG cylinders should not be used to run vehicles, he said.

The Government would permit use of LPG to run vehicles in Mysore only if gas filling stations were set up, Mr. Narayanagowda said.

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