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The Meenambakkam Regional Transport Office (RTO), 1 of the busiest offices successful the city, continues to relation without its ain imperishable building, causing terrible inconvenience to applicants.
With the driving trial crushed situated astir 2 km distant from the office, applicants are forced to shuttle betwixt the 2 locations for assorted procedures, causing delays and confusion.
Stakeholders, including driving schoolhouse owners, person urged authorities to relocate the RTO to a adjacent tract to streamline operations.
The bureau is presently located successful a rented commercialized gathering owned by the Chennai Corporation successful Alandur. There is small abstraction for visitors to parkland their two-wheelers connected the field and nary for four-wheelers.
An RTO unit said, “Meenambakkam RTO was erstwhile overcrowded since it catered to the full colonisation of southbound Chennai. Subsequently, much than 2 RTOs were acceptable up successful the adjoining areas. Around 100 driving licences are processed and 75 vehicles registered present each day.”
The St. Thomas Mount Regional Driving School Owners’ Welfare Association has urged the State Government to relocate the RTO to the precocious vacated tract astatine Alandur, other the Officers’ Training Academy, wherever a Saravana Bhavan edifice erstwhile operated. It was classified arsenic authorities poramboke land, and a information of the onshore had already been allotted to the Meenambakkam RTO.
In its appeal, the relation said the determination would beryllium highly suitable arsenic it was adjacent to the driving trial ground.
The move, it added, would greatly payment the nationalist and officials who faced difficulties owed to the region betwixt the RTO and the investigating ground.
“At present, applicants are required to question betwixt the 2 locations aggregate times for photography, verification, and different formalities, causing delays,” said A.K. James Jayaseelan, erstwhile wide caput of Tamil Nadu Driving Owners’ Federation. He added that astir of the investigating grounds successful the metropolis were located acold from their RTOs.
Solomon Jayakumar, president of St. Thomas Mount Regional Driving School Owners’ Welfare Association, added that the way to the crushed ever faced postulation congestion.
The relation said the existing gathering connected the caller tract was successful a bully information and could beryllium occupied instantly without overmuch renovation. This would let the Transport Department to statesman operations quickly, redeeming some clip and costs.
Mr. Jayaseelan added that the relocation would improve coordination betwixt administrative and investigating sections, heighten operational efficiency, and bespeak the government’s committedness to effectual governance.
