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Ludhiana students can now get R/D Licenses from their colleges.

Earlier, when you had to get your first driving license, the first thing you would do was go hunting for an agent. The next thing you know was you were stuck in a huge queue to collect your license. Getting a driving license made can be real hassle sometimes. District Transport Office (DTO) of Ludhiana has decided that students seeking for a driving license will not get it from the RTO office but from their own colleges.

In a meeting with several college principals on Wednesday, Ashwani Kumar Sharam, District Transport Officer said, “The state government has given the power to principals of government-run colleges to issue these licences while the principals of the private colleges will send us the required documents and fees and we will send them the licences.”

The district transport officer said, “This will decrease the huge rush that we have to face in our offices daily, improve work efficiency and more over students will not have waste their time standing long queues or fall into traps of agents. At the same time, this process will also ensure that each student who is driving a vehicle has a relevant licence and is not driving illegally.”

Interested students are required to submit a passport size photograph, approval letter from the principal in case the student belongs to a private college, medical certificate from a qualified MBBS doctor and a residence proof like a ration card, passport or an electricity bill. The student will have to pay a fee of Rs. 30 for a licence for a scooter or a motorcycle and Rs. 60 in case the student wants a licence for a car. Students below the age of 16 can apply for non-gear vehicles. The principals have been asked to collect information from students by July 8. Within a week, the learning licences will be available at the District Transport Office, from where they can be collected by the college’s representatives, thus reducing the load on the DTO.

This is surely going to help the students and will save their restless journeys to the RTO office and the bribe they have to pay to the agents and officers. But does the procedure ensure whether the recipient is trained enough to drive? What’s your opinion?

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/st...lleges/813880/
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Guys, given the way RTO's do their jobs, I personally think that it is a good way.
You see, the entire system of license has been so screwed up that even if you take a license via RTO, you can still get it by just showing that you can ride/ drive, no matter what the proficiency and rule awareness.

So, it doesn't matter either ways. Everyone who applies gets a license, and you can safely forget riding skill, knowing traffic rules, etc. because they're just not tested, even when you get license through RTO/ Agents. What's the difference between getting a license from RTO and college? Just convenience...
So, I support this initiative and the price is acceptable too, about Rs. 60 for the driving license.

Noor

News approved

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princesirohi

wow, simply wow...

i wish some concerned official from maharashtra is reading this and get it implemented here also...

in fact it can be implemented in all states, all cities....

very nice and genuine move.....

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Looks like they've finally decided that test or no test, people hardly give a damn to rules/traffic sense. So a good way. Atleast you are eliminating a little bit of corruption.

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Damn it!!! Again a wrong move by the Govt!!! Why, they aren't introducing the safety part? Instead of fixing the root of the issue, they're adding more chaos to things!!!

I vaguely remember a lesson that was in 2nd or 3rd grade about road rules & that too was a very basic one about signals, riding in left, that's all. Why not the Govt educate the children about the law (not just traffic, but most of the basic laws) in the present education system? Why not any citizen know their rights?

^^^ Not a good statement my friend!!!

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Samarth 619

Yes, gramatically my sentence was a bit wrong... I edited it.

My point was that even via RTO, people don't test riding/ driving skills, so what's the difference whether you get it from college or RTO? Just the difference of convenience.


And I agree with you about that Traffic sense is going haywire with the entire country, and that needs to be corrected first.