DRIVING LICENCE AND R C TO BE IN SMART CARD FORMAT BY NEXT YEAR
Tamilnadu Government has initiated process of tendering to identify private
companies to implement issue of Driving License and Registration Certificate in
Smart card format. This scheme is to be introduced all over Tamilnadu by next
year.
Smart cards are being issued in the RTOs of Chennai South, Cuddalore and
Sivagangai, for the past two years. The tender has been floated to implement
this scheme in all 58 Regional Transport Offices and 49 Unit Offices in
Tamilnadu
The private operator assigned will function on a Build, Own, Operate and
Transfer (BOOT) model for five years. The operator will have to come out with a
‘plan of action` to convert existing DLs and RCs (a little more than 1.4 crore
into smart cards, that incorporate biometric features, within the five-year
period.
M.Rajaram, the Transport Commissioner announced that conversion centres
will be set up for the motorists to surrender their existing DLs to get a new
one in smart card format. There will be two centres each in Chennai,
