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Students to get learners’ licence at their colleges
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.07.2019
The state transport department will soon reach out to college students all over the state to issue them learners’ licence (LLR). Authorities from Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Tamil Nadu will visit students at their doorsteps and explain various rules to be followed while driving vehicles to create more awareness on road safety.
At the end of these sessions, LLRs would be issued at the college campus. The announcement was made by transport minister M R Vijayabaskar while moving the demand for grant for the department on Tuesday.
An estimated amount of ₹63 lakhs has been sanctioned towards procuring laptops, printers and data cards towards this process, he said, adding, this was an attempt to reduce driving without licences.
“Ashok Leyland (a private automobile manufacturer) has agreed to operate two e-buses (battery-operated) on voluntary basis and it will be launched in a week or two. Discussions are underway to finalise charging point locations,” said Vijayabaskar, replying to a question on pollution caused by
government buses.
This would be a pilot project and most likely a swapmodel in which fullycharged batteries can be changed at the end of every trip, according to a TOI report on March 19.
Besides this, the government has planned to procure 2,000 electric buses with German assistance. Some of them will be added to Metropolitan Transport Corporation's (MTC) fleet and the corporation has sought assistance from Centre too under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II Scheme.
The minister also announced that electrically-operated hydraulic wheelchair lifts would be fitted to doors of government buses soon so that differently-abled passengers can board or get down easily. The same was reported by TOI on June 5.
Other announcements include common mobility card for different modes of public transport, CCTV cameras in buses and depots, diagnostic tools to detect repairs in buses, construction of driving testing tracks and buildings in various RTOs. Vijayabaskar admitted that around 1,400 government bus services were stopped as a part of the route rationalisation approach. However, every village with at least 500 people was connected to the nearest hub by buses, he said.
Students to get learners’ licence at their colleges
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:17.07.2019
The state transport department will soon reach out to college students all over the state to issue them learners’ licence (LLR). Authorities from Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across Tamil Nadu will visit students at their doorsteps and explain various rules to be followed while driving vehicles to create more awareness on road safety.
At the end of these sessions, LLRs would be issued at the college campus. The announcement was made by transport minister M R Vijayabaskar while moving the demand for grant for the department on Tuesday.
An estimated amount of ₹63 lakhs has been sanctioned towards procuring laptops, printers and data cards towards this process, he said, adding, this was an attempt to reduce driving without licences.
“Ashok Leyland (a private automobile manufacturer) has agreed to operate two e-buses (battery-operated) on voluntary basis and it will be launched in a week or two. Discussions are underway to finalise charging point locations,” said Vijayabaskar, replying to a question on pollution caused by
government buses.
This would be a pilot project and most likely a swapmodel in which fullycharged batteries can be changed at the end of every trip, according to a TOI report on March 19.
Besides this, the government has planned to procure 2,000 electric buses with German assistance. Some of them will be added to Metropolitan Transport Corporation's (MTC) fleet and the corporation has sought assistance from Centre too under Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II Scheme.
The minister also announced that electrically-operated hydraulic wheelchair lifts would be fitted to doors of government buses soon so that differently-abled passengers can board or get down easily. The same was reported by TOI on June 5.
Other announcements include common mobility card for different modes of public transport, CCTV cameras in buses and depots, diagnostic tools to detect repairs in buses, construction of driving testing tracks and buildings in various RTOs. Vijayabaskar admitted that around 1,400 government bus services were stopped as a part of the route rationalisation approach. However, every village with at least 500 people was connected to the nearest hub by buses, he said.
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