14/10/2017
PUNE: State
transport minister Diwakar Raote sought to equate the bribes that some
officers take for facilitating faster procurement of driving licences to
"tips for work overload". He said people pay the agents because they
do not have time and the officers get a bad name.
Raote was in the city to inaugurate a workshop on future
technology and regulation for automobiles organised by Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in association with the state transport
department. He said there is no connection between the regional transport
office and agents.
"Do we ask people to go to the agents?" he said. In
the same vein, the minister added that out of so many years of their lives, they
have to visit the RTO only for four hours to get their work done. The minister,
however, told people to put up with it and understand the government's
functioning.
"You have to come to me for four hours in your entire
life. Go to my officers. Try and understand the form and fill it. For paying
money, you may have to keep going from one window to the other but that is when
you will understand the government," the minister added.
In a presentation, a senior industry expert said while the
world over fatalities have reduced, in India, it is increasing. The credit for
lower fatalities in advanced countries despite higher vehicles growth, he said,
went to the stringent norms for issuance of licences.
The Shiv Sena minister also
took a dig at "central officials," for allowing electric vehicles to
run on roads without authorization from the RTO. "The arrogance of the
central officers has caused insult to the RTOs. All public vehicles should only
be authorized by the RTO because public safety is a domain of the RTO,"
Raote said.
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