After Baripada tragedy, Odisha cracks down on vehicles without fitness certificates

After Baripada tragedy, Odisha cracks down on vehicles without fitness certificates

Odisha launches statewide drive against vehicles without fitness certificates after Baripada crash; registrations cancelled, RTOs ordered to intensify checks.

Odisha Cracks Down On Unfit Vehicles After Baripada Tragedy

Bhubaneswar: After a road accident in Baripada claimed two lives and left four others injured, the Odisha government has launched a massive crackdown against non-compliant transport vehicles across the state. Notably, a speeding truck ploughed into a crowd, which had gathered at a mishap site on the NH on Friday. The earlier accident involved a timber-laden truck that had overturned on the highway. Preliminary inquiry revealed both the vehicles …

Odisha govt orders crackdown on vehicles sans valid documents

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has directed the Regional Transport Officers (RTOs) for stringent enforcement measures to track down vehicles plying without valid documents, including fitness certificate and permit. The Transport Commissioner has asked the RTOs across the state to launch special enforcement drives at regular intervals to detect vehicles plying without valid fitness certificates, permits and other documents. “The recent fatal …