Now, get back suspended driving licences from Delhi govt's centralised facility

NEW DELHI: In a relief to motorists, the Delhi government's transport department has come up with a centralized facility at its headquarters in Civil Lines area to help the citizens get back their suspended driving licences. The new computerized facility will help in reducing the time to get back suspended licenses with improvement in coordination between the traffic police and the transport department, an official of the department said. "An agency has been hired for manning the facility which will be rolled out soon," he further added.

In the new system of suspension of driving licenses for various traffic violations, the transport department will be immediately notified about a particular license being seized by the traffic police. A proper record management will be in place at the headquarters, inclusive of seizure receipts of driving licenses as well as claims made for the seized licenses at the end of the suspension period. People concerned can directly approach the transport department headquarters instead of going to zonal offices and there will be no chance of licenses getting misplaced during the suspension period, the officer said.

A driving license holder will be informed at every stage, including at the time of challan, sending of license to transport department and will also be notified towards the end of the suspension period through SMS so that they promptly get the license back post suspension, the officer said. Under the new system, the suspended licenses sent to zonal offices concerned will now be deposited at the centralized facility of the headquarters, he added.

There are 13 zonal transport offices of the Delhi government. Thousands of licenses are seized by the traffic police in the city for violations like drunken driving, using mobile phones while driving and over speeding. Last year, over 53,000 driving licenses have been suspended by the transport department.