PANAJI
The Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has notified amendments to the Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 for implementation of enforcement, maintenance of vehicular documents and e-challans through portal wef 1 October for better monitoring and enforcement of MV Rules.
Use of IT services and electronic monitoring will result in better enforcement of traffic rules in the country and will lead to removing harassment of drivers and would facilitate the citizen, says a Central govt communique.
The rules for amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules 1989 for certain provisions of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 were published through GSR 584 (E) dated 25 September. The amendment inter-alia provides for the definition for challan, portal inserted as requirement for providing the services through IT and further the enforcement of electronic monitoring and enforcement.
Details of driving licences disqualified or revoked by the licensing authority will be recorded chronologically in the portal and such record will reflect on a regular basis on the portal. The record will be maintained electronically and further the driver behavior would be monitored, according to the communique.
Provisions have been made for the procedure for production and obtaining certificates in physical as well as electronic form, the validity, issuance of such documents and further the date and time stamping of inspection and identity of the officer to be recorded. If the details of the documents are found validated through the electronic means by the enforcement officer then physical forms of such documents shall not be demanded for inspection, including in cases where there is an offence made out necessitating seizure of any such documents.
Further upon demanding or inspecting any documents, the date and time stamp of inspection and identity of the police officer in uniform or any other officer authorized by the State Government, shall be recorded on the portal. This would help in unnecessary re-checking or inspection of vehicles and further would remove harassment to the drivers.
It has been provided that the use of handheld communications devices while driving shall solely be used for route navigation in such a manner that shall not disturb the concentration of the driver while driving.
Further through notification GSR 586 (E) dated 25 September 2020 certain amendments in the Motor Vehicles (Driving) Regulations 2017 have been made to align to the Amendment in the Act and the CMVR 1989 like use of handheld device, inspection of documents in electronic form etc.
