In a bid to ensure transparency and make transport services easily available, the Punjab Transport Department has initiated digital pathways for registration of vehicles and driving licences. Now, people can avail all the transport department services through “Vahan and Sarathi” web applications 24×7. These services can also be availed through the websites: www.parivahan.gov.in and www.punjabtransport.org, said Transport Minister Razia Sultana.
The Minister said that the transport department has allowed the vehicle registration and driving license services through over 500 Sewa Kendras across the state to facilitate those who are not well-versed with online working.
“The persons availing the services will have to pay just Rs 50 per application. Apart from the Sewa Kendras, the transport department has also authorised more than 3,000 village level entrepreneurs to run ‘Common Service Centers’, where people can avail the services by paying just Rs 30 per application. Now, the citizens-centric service centres have been increased to more than 3,500 as compared to 98 offices of the earlier,” she said. Every year as many as 75 lakh persons visit the STC field offices, said Sultana, adding that with the initiation of online services for registration of vehicles and driving license, foot-fall will definitely decrease. It would also increase the efficacy of the department. This new system would abolish the manual file submitting system in all the offices of the transport department.
