Nagpur, 08 Apr (HS):

An Automated Testing Station (ATS) for Inspection and Certification of commercial

and non-commercial vehicles will be started in Nagpur Regional Transport Office

(RTO). The ATS will be inaugurated on May 15 aimed at accuracy and transparency

in the certification procedure.

The ATS is being

set-up under the Road Safety and Vehicle Fitness Modernisation Mission of the

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Maharashtra Motor Vehicles

Department.. It will have three separate lanes equipped with advanced sensors

and machinery and minimise manual intervention and ensuring standardisation of pre-testing

before certification..

The Station is being installed

by Rosemerta Technologies in collaboration with the Maharashtra Government and

the Automotive Research Association of India. The first such station was

started in Nashik as a pilot project.

According to Regional

Transport Officer Kiran Bidkar, the transport vehicles must undergo periodic

fitness testing based on the age of the vehicle – once in two years for first

eight years and once every year later.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar