The Road and Transport Office (RTO) is set to generate revenue as over 14 lakh two-wheeler owners and three lakh car owners are scheduled to obtain fitness certificates for their 15-year-old vehicles.
Vehicles 15 years or older will have to be certified for fitness under new rules that go into effect on April 1, 2022, or their owners will face a monthly fine of Rs 300 (two-wheelers) or Rs 500 (cars).
According to ARTO Vinita Yadav, the Subhash Bridge RTO has received only about 25 applications for registration renewals. Failure to renew road-worthy certificates by April will subject 14 lakh two-wheeler owners to an Rs 42 crore fine per month.
Cumulative fine for three lakh car owners comes to Rs 15 crore per month. Taken together for both the categories of vehicles, RTO stands to gain Rs 57 crore per month via fines. Add to this the fine of Rs 50 per day to be paid by owners of goods and passenger vehicles for failure to procure fitness certificates.
According to the new rules following amendment of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the renewal of registration of vehicles that are 15 years or older has been increased from Rs 300 to Rs 1,000 for two-wheelers, Rs 600 to Rs 2,500 for three-wheelers, Rs 600 to Rs 5,000 for cars and Rs 15,000 to Rs 40,000 for imported vehicles.
Vehicles that are deemed unfit for use will be scrapped under the new policy. As of April 1, there were 20.5 lakh vehicles in Ahmedabad that were 15 years or older. Three lakh cars, fourteen lakh two-wheelers, one lakh rickshaws, and two lakh other vehicles are among them.
“It is in the best interest of all vehicle owners to get their registrations renewed on time or they will be liable to pay fines on a monthly basis until their registrations are renewed,” ARTO Vinita Yadav said.