The Telangana Transport Department sent out a notice that from 22nd August Aadhaar card will be made mandatory to register vehicles with the Road Transport Authority.
Joint Transport Commissioner, T. Raghunath told a news channel, “Applicants cannot book slots online on the transport department website for any service offered by RTA in the state without providing their Aadhaar number.”
Hyderabad’s Joint Transport Commissioner, Panduranga Rao was quoted saying, “It has also been made mandatory to provide the mobile phone number of the vehicle owner to prevent people from giving wrong numbers. A one time password is sent on the mobile phone, which the applicant has to type in to book his or her slot.”
The mandatory Aadhar will also apply for second hand and third hand vehicles in the state. This will help the government keep a better track of the vehicles and the owners.
Telangana Minister for Transport, P. Mahendar Reddy had issued an order less than a month back. The order read, “There are about 95 lakh vehicles in the state. There are a large number of transfers of vehicles. Make Aadhaar compulsory for vehicle registration and transfers.”
The government aims to make Aadhar card a personal identification for citizens of India to monitor and keep track of the citizens better.
