Hubballi: For public comfort, especially those who live in Hubballi and its surroundings, the transportation department introduces the new RTO in Hubballi.
However, in five years since it was launched, gradually, most of the work had been transferred to the Dharwad RTO, which made the IMKED people in Hubballi and its surroundings, because people had to go to Navanagar to drive a test, which was uncomfortable for the residents of Hubballi.
Residents must travel 12-15 km from the city, to take a driving test.
Because the Navanagar RTO office is the only one who has a sensor-based driving test facility, RTO in Hubballi sent people to there to drive a test.
Kamodar, RTO, Hubballi East, said that from February 7, they have sent people to the Rayapur Driving Test Center, where driving lines have advanced technology.
“With the intention of preventing intermediary interventions, and to avoid corruption, the commissioner for the Department of Transportation has ordered to send people to drive a test to the center of Rayapur, and we have started sending them there,” he said.
“Before this, in the East Hubballi office RTO in Gabbur Cross, almost 50 to 60 people were used to take a driving test every day.
I was told that people were reluctant to go to the center in Rayapur, because it was almost 15 km from Hubballi.
To prevent a road accident and congress Practice issuance of driving licenses by doing the driving test manually, the new driving test system is introduced.
For several days, people may feel difficult, but they will then get used to it, “he added.
Congress leader Mohan Asiti said that it was caused by the efforts of MLA Prasad Abbayya, that RTO was opened in Hubballi, for public comfort in Hubballi and its surroundings.
“It is unfortunate that RTO officials in Hubballi sent people to Rayapur to take a driving test.
We will bring a problem with MLA notice,” he added.