DTO Ease IND Registration For Panic Driven Guwahati Vehicle Owners

In Guwahati there is sudden witness of long car queue in front of overly crowded DTO (Directorate Office of Transport) office for IND registration to observe court’s 30th May deadline. Panic in people has formed as they do not have enough information on IND process including about the nearest destinations for quick registration.

But the government has made arrangements to open up more registration centers in Kamrup district, headed under DTO office as maximum vehicles are without IND number plates. Apart from the DTO office, Lokhra of Guwahati center for IND registration the department has opened centers at Ojha Hyundai (Basistha Chariali), City Zen (Ganeshguri), Abhishek Motors( Adabari) and Auto Selection (Adadbari) also.

Failing to observe this order the offenders will have to face a heavy penalty of Rs, 1,000 on the spot if detected. Today any corner of India be it remote, higher altitude or plain areas the IND car plate is mandatory for car owners to display.

Like rest of India the design of IND number plates varies as for embassy vehicles bear blue plates with black letters, military vehicles bear black plate with white letters, commercial vehicles (taxi, truck, auto, e-rickshaw etc.,) bear yellow plate with black letter while self driven commercial taxis bear black plate with yellow letter, test vehicles bear red name plate, private vehicles bear white plate with black letters.

IND plate for four wheeler has enhanced to 100 rupees more than earlier rate of Rs. 334 as current running rate is Rs. 424. For rest like two wheeler, heavy commercial vehicles and small commercial vehicles cost varies with a lesser reasonable rate than four wheeler.

“Technically this two years valid IND plate process takes five to ten minutes time. But since the government has limited the time frame till May 30th, the line of vehicles outside DTO office has stretched in large, making the process slow,” an IND technical person of DTO office highlighted on the current phase.

Do not hurriedly run in your car into the DTO office as it is overly crowded with vehicles. Park it outside and first grab hold of registration form issued at the backside counters of the office. Depending on the car type the documents need to be produced. Senior citizens are privileged with special counter for prompt service. As per to the date mentioned the car owners were asked to come to the office. Apart from the queue it is actually a ten minutes job to get the work done.

DTO office has paced up its IND registration process to meet people’s demand but you need to remain prepared with your necessary documents. Still doubt remains whether this gigantic task could end successfully within the said time frame by the government. City like Guwahati, cars are more but the time is less and people are not fully aware about IND penalty, so panic is more.

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