Three centres for scrapping of vehicles older than 15 years in the state

Vehicle scrapping facility centers are being set up by the Transport Department to systematically scrap vehicles older than 15 years owned by the government and corporations in the state and private vehicles that fail the fitness test. At present, two registered vehicle scrapping facility centres have been started in Bhopal district and one in Indore district.

To encourage the general public to scrap vehicles through the Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility Centre, a discount of up to 15 percent in motor vehicle tax and up to 25 percent for non-transport vehicles is being given on the purchase of new vehicles by them. For motor vehicles of any category and any age limit registered in the state, up to 90 percent discount has been provided on the due amount of any motor vehicle tax or penalty. Through this scheme, revenue of Rs. 57 lakh has been obtained from 600 vehicles.

Establishment of call centre

A call centre has been set up by the Transport Department to provide information about vehicle tax, permit, fitness etc. to commercial vehicle owners of the state, on which vehicle owners can call and get information related to their vehicles. E-service has been started in the department for the convenience of citizens. Citizens can easily get information related to vehicles on the website of the Transport Department www.transport.mp.gov.in.

Fare concession to Divyang passengers

50 percent discount in fare is being provided to Divyang people in passenger vehicles operated in the state. Along with this, a seat has also been reserved for them in public transport. To make the departmental activities and forms used by the general public, prevalent rules and related materials available to the general public, they have been displayed on the department’s website www.transport.mp.gov.in. The system has been made more transparent by transferring the departmental website to the mp.gov.in domain and the department’s data centre to the state data centre.