The has come out with the latest GR sanctioning Rs 372 crore from Road Safety Fund to set up 20 automated vehicle fitness testing centres referred to as inspection and certification (I&C) centres at various locations acrossMaharashtraincluding Navi Mumbai, Vasai and Pen.
A few months back, a decision was taken to set up 24 centres including the ones at Tardeo RTO in Mumbai and in Thane, Kalyan and Panvel and tenders were floated. On Tuesday, state transport commissionerVivekBhimanwar said that a total 44 such fitness testing centres will now come up across Maharashtra in less than a year.
The centres will ensure commercial vehicles like autorickshaws, Kaali Peeli taxis, aggregator cabs likeOlaand Uber, school buses, tourist buses and trucks/tempos plying on city roads meet standard requirements for safe driving and emission parameters. IT will check 23 parameters including tyres and indicators with the latest technology, sources said, adding that it will check whether vehicles are ‘road worthy’ and do not pollute the Environment. At present, the fitness tests are conducted manually.