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By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: Smart card driving licences will be issued faster in the State with the transport department having decided to issue the same, within an hour after the photograph is clicked at RTOs. Besides cutting the turnaround time for issuing the driving licence (DL), to two to three days from the existing seven days, the move is expected to eliminate the interference of touts and driving school agents at the transport offices, who presently collect the driving licence of applicants. They will be issued smart card driving licence within an hour. This process will be same for all categories of driving licences,” Transport commissioner C Samayamoorthy told Express on Saturday. The 86 RTO offices and 52 unit offices in the State handle over 9,500 applicants a day, out of which 5,500 are learners licence applicants and over 3,800 to 4,500, permanent licence applicants..