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After years of operating two-wheeler rental outlets without authoritative permits from the Transport Department, operators renting retired two-wheelers to tourists person present started falling successful enactment by complying with regulations to get their concern regularised.
The determination comes successful the aftermath of continued crackdown by the Transport authorities to modulate the functioning of the two-wheeler rental outlets.
In the past 2 weeks, the Transport Department has been taking strict enactment against the rentals. It has impounded astir 24 bikes and started inspections to spot if these rental outlets person due documents.
Sources said determination had been a dependable summation successful the fig of specified two-wheeler rental outlets successful the Boulevard portion implicit the past fewer years with immoderate operators having implicit 100 vehicles for hire. While determination were much than 40 two-wheeler rental outlets, lone 8 had licenses to rent retired two-wheelers.
In addition, impermanent houses and location stays successful the French Quarter person besides been giving bikes connected prosecute to their guests. These unauthorised operations often bypass mandatory information and security norms, which importantly compromises roadworthy information for some the riders and the public. The fig of two-wheelers with rental outlets is assessed to beryllium astir 1,500 to 2,000.
According to an official, “Operators progressive successful two-wheeler rentals should fulfil Motor Vehicle Act norms, person commercialized license, indispensable support not little than 5 motorcycles and facilities for parking, maintenance, and repair of vehicles. The vehicles should besides beryllium equipped with ISI-marked helmets for drivers and pillion riders.”
According to Transport Commissioner A.S. Sivakumar, “The Department has truthful acold issued licenses to 8 operators (40 vehicles) portion proceedings (registration) person been initiated for 260 motorcycles. Subsequently, permits volition beryllium issued for the vehicles. A full of 300 applications seeking permits person been received truthful far. These applications volition beryllium processed and permits issued accordingly.”
Mr. Sivakumar added, “Though the State Transport Authority (STA) approved the strategy to modulate these outlets respective years back, the effect had been lukewarm since astir of the operators were utilizing amerciable parking. The Department has started cracking the whip connected operators who person much vehicles. Once the large operators are onboarded, the remainder volition autumn successful line.”
At present, arsenic galore arsenic 500 applications are successful assorted stages of processing including initiation of proceedings (inspection and registration), issuance of permit, and outgo of tax. The section would commencement issuing permits connected outgo of fees (₹5,000) per conveyance for a play of 5 years. It would besides facilitate registration of outlets.
