Chandigarh RLA to soon start home delivery of DL and RC

Residents of Chandigarh will soon be relieved of the effort of having to visit the registration and licencing authority (RLA) office and standing in long queues to collect their driving licences and vehicles' registration cards. The RLA has tied up with India Post to deliver these documents to applicants at their doorsteps. For this service, applicants will be charged Rs. 20 and is expected to benefit about 15,000 people a month.

The RLA claims that approximately 500 registration cards and driving licences are prepared in a day. With home delivery through India Post, it aims at providing hassle-free service to applicants and ensure safe deliver of the concerned documents without any additional formality. After printing the registration cards and driving licences, the RLA will hand them over to India Post on the same day. Applicants are expected to receive them within a couple of days. The document will be handed over only to the applicant.

The RLA also claims that through this system, it will be able to check the residential addresses of the applicants and keep a check on people's habit of tampering with documents or furnishing false information. Those guilty of such actions will face suitable action as per the rules. If the documents are undelivered, they will handed over to the applicants only after proper identification.

Chandigarh has three RLA offices located in sector 17 and sector 42 and industrial area, phase-1.

Source: Times of India