Transport dept targets vehicle owners who failed to pay dues

Jaipur: With the financial year coming to an end, the transport and road safety department has asked all the RTOs to work on increasing the revenue. The department had set a target of approximately Rs 6500 crore for this year and is expecting that with advance taxes, they would be able to achieve it. Apart from this, officials have been instructed to issue notices to vehicle owners who fail to deposit dues.
A review meeting was held earlier this week during which transport and road safety department commissioner Mahendra Soni passed instructions to increase revenue earnings. Soni, while holding a video conferencing with all the regional transport officers (RTOs), instructed them to increase the speed of revenue earning.
Soni said in the remaining two months of the financial year 2021-22, along with the transport inspectors in flying squads, the district transport officers should also go to the field. In such areas where revenue earning is less, the RTO should review it with its DTO and inspectors. He directed the RTO to issue notices to vehicle owners who have not deposited tax and challan amounts for a long time and inform about the outstanding amounts. “Interact on telephone numbers of vehicle owners and send messages on mobiles. Action should be taken to seize the vehicles, blacklist those who disobey the notices and rules”, said the commissioner.