Summary:
Of the total 76,778, 66,504 PUC certificates have been issued for petrol-run vehicles and the remaining 10,274 for diesel vehicles. An employee of a pollution checking centre in the city said their workload had increased since September 1. According to the RLA office, a total of 1,440 learner’s licences have been issued since September 1 this year. Harman Sidhu, president of ArriveSafe, an NGO, said it was a good trend that more and more people were applying for learner’s licence as it would help reduce accidents. The penalty for driving without a licence has been increased from Rs 500 to Rs 5,000 under the amended law..