465 Fitness Certificates Cancelled, 350 Challans Issued To MV Rules Violators In Odisha

Cuttack: The fitness certificates (FC) of 465 transport vehicles were cancelled and 350 vehicles were issued challans for riding vehicles with non-functional tail lamp or headlight or retro reflective tape.

The action was taken by the enforcement squad of State Transport Authority during a special drive launched by the Transport Department against vehicles for openly flouting Motor Vehicle (MV) rules. The drive was carried out from 8 pm of Tuesday to 6 am of Wednesday.

Retro reflective tapes are compulsory in commercial vehicles as per rule 104 to 104E of Central Motor Vehicles Rules (CMVR). Using these tapes reduces the safety risk at night and in times of low visibility. Commercial vehicles are often found plying while flouting these CMVR.

Around 2,468 vehicles were checked during the special drive, out of which 406 vehicles had defective tail lamps, 34 vehicles were found with defective head lights and 128 of them had defective retro reflective tapes.

The drive was extensively carried out in regions having industrial and mining activities as it is most commonly seen that many goods vehicle plying in these region do not comply with these MV rules causing accidents during night. Enforcement squads have been asked to conduct such drives at regular intervals. In recent past many serious accident took place in the night causing loss of precious lives.