Following Bombay high court orders, the transport department has decided to hasten its process of scanning and digitising records pertaining to vehicle registration and driving licences. “We will have to digitise about 1.8 crore records,” said an official, who did not wish to be identified. In 2015, the transport department had floated tenders to begin work at a few regional transport offices including those at Tardeo and Andheri. According to transport department sources, the digitisation of records is a mammoth task. According to RTO officials, digitising records will reduce the time it takes to disseminate information, minimise the communication delay and make day-to-day operations more transparent.

Source: Hindustan Times August 28, 2017 04:18 UTC