Telangana: Aadhaar to be made mandatory for vehicle registration

HYDERABAD: TS government will make Aadhaar mandatory for registration of motor vehicles and transfer of ownership. Besides, the government will also upload the details of vehicle sales on the website to protect previous owners and auto-rickshaw drivers from financers. 

Speaking at a review meeting on transfer of vehicle ownership, transport minister Mr Patnam Mahender Reddy said that the state was having about 95 lakh vehicles. Majority of these vehicles were sold twice or thrice. However, buyers are not getting the transfer of ownerships. “Such incidents are leading to troubles for previous owners and present owners during accidents and while claiming insurance,” he said. 

The minister said that to avoid inconveniences amendments to the Act were needed. “We are hoping to solve it with the help of Aadhaar, which will be made mandatory for registration and transfer of vehicles,” he said. 

Mr Reddy has directed officials to hold special camps to create awareness on transfer of ownership. “Officials should maintain a database on par with e-challan. Details, including purchase of vehicle, phone numbers of seller and the names of the seller and purchaser, the should be uploaded on the website, www.telangana.transport.gov.in,” he said. Hyderabad police commissioner M. Mahender Reddy stated that Telangana has became a role model for other states in reducing fatal accidents. 

“Accident rates in Hyderabad have been cut down by 33 per cent and the number of death due to road accidents is reduced by 73 compared with previous years,” he said. 

Principal secretary of the transport department Mr Sunil Sharma, Traffic DCP A.V. Ranganath, joint transport commissioners J. Pandurang Naik (Hyderabad city), T. Raghunath (administration) and Ranga Reddy district transport officer M. Praveen Rao took part in the meeting.