RTO: 2 wheelers also missing!

• Contradictory data prevails

Richeek Mishra
Agra. Two-wheelers are the need of major section of the society. Since the last decade the two-wheeler craze has been increasing enormously. Hero Honda, Bajaj, TVS, LML and so many other companies launched their various dashing models to attract the customers. The scooters, bikes and moped captured the major segment of the market. Thousands of two-wheelers sold in the city every year. According to the dealers, Bajaj has sold around 21 thousand vehicles during January 2006 to August 2007. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) has registered only 19723 vehicles. The registration of four wheelers has been in lesser number than the number of their purchasing during this period due to high tax and levis but why the registration of two wheelers has been so is still to ponder over. RTO could not explain the reason of it. Similarly, Hero Honda has sold around 47,000 vehicles from January 2005 to till now while RTO has registered only 34,719 vehicles. Two wheelers manufactured by Hero Honda evoked good response for their mileage and performance due to which customers keen to purchase them. Around 12,281 vehicles of this company have not been registered in RTO. No body knows where these two-wheelers are missing. Yamaha Bikes has been sold around 4 thousand while there is 2954 entries in RTO register. Perhaps the haphazard data entry in RTO register does not bother the officers and other personnel of the department. There are so many contradictions in the data in every section of RTO. In this regard departmental sources said that there is the possibility of the two-wheelers being registered outside the state or district because Agra is a big city in its division. Customers from other districts purchase vehicles from Agra and register them in their districts. RTO can stop only big vehicles not these two-wheelers. RTO can generate more revenue if the state administration will change the policies and reduce the taxes and levis. The procedures of RTO will be simplified. Touts working behind the scene will be removed or administration will provide them franchise system for better working.