Bhubaneswar: All Government vehicles under different Government Departments, State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), Organizations, Autonomous Councils, ULBs etc. above 15 years of age are to be mandatorily scrapped through a Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF) on or before March 31 this year.
Principal Secretary Commerce & Transport Department Usha Padhee has written a letter to Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries/Commissioner-cum-Secretaries/ Secretaries of all departments in this regard.
Padhee quoted a notification of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, which says that the certificate of registration in respect of a motor vehicle owned by the State Government, ULBs, PSUs/ Corporations established, owned or controlled by the State Government, shall expire after the lapse of fifteen years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle.
Further the certificate of registration of government vehicle if already renewed, such certificate shall be treated as cancelled on completion of fifteen years from the date of initial registration of the vehicle, Padhee added quoting from the notification.
