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Andhra Pradesh Lorry Owners Association members rejected the State government’s connection to slash the conveyance fittingness trial interest by up to 50 per cent.
Department of Transport and Roads and Buildings Special Chief Secretary M.T. Krishna Babu, Transport Commissioner Manish Kumar Sinha and Joint Transport Commissioner Shivaram Prasad held a gathering with the relation members connected Tuesday.
They deliberated astatine magnitude the GSR 850(E) notification issued by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways connected November 11, 2025, amending the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989. This notification follows draught rules published connected August 27, 2025 (GSR 600 E), to amend regulations nether the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, based connected nationalist feedback.
The relation members said vehicles older than 20 years were chiefly utilized for self-employment and that presently lone astir 10-12 per cent of specified vehicles were operating connected the roads. They explained that older vehicles were people being scrapped owed to the non-availability of spare parts. In this context, they expressed interest that imposing precocious taxes would severely interaction tiny conveyance owners and requested that the rates beryllium constricted to a maximum of 25 per cent, to which the authorities responded positively.
They besides urged that counter-signature permits betwixt Andhra Pradesh and Telangana beryllium issued immediately. Mr. Krishna Babu directed officials to instrumentality punctual enactment connected this matter. A determination was besides taken to name a peculiar serviceman to resoluteness issues related to the Vahan software.
The gathering was attended by State wide caput of the Lorry Owners’ Association Y.V. Eswara Rao, treasurer Nadella Krishna, Krishna District Lorry Owners Association president Nagamothu Raja, wide secretary A.V.V. Satyanarayana, secretary Ravi Sharath Babu, and others.
