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In Focus

In the post-inaugural session, new services
and enhancements in Vahan, Sarathi, eChallan
and Pollution Under Control Certificate (PUCC)
were presented. A demo-presentation on the
NextGen mParivahan mobile app showcased the
additional citizen-centric services offered by the
app and how it will help the citizens in availing
services from the comfort of their homes. A
detailed presentation was made on the Vehicle
Two-day Zonal Workshop on Location Tracking and Emergency Alert System
eTransport Project (VLT&EAS) and how it can play a pivotal role in
enhancing the security of Public Road transport
in India.
An informative session on the Integrated
he Ministry of Road Transport and Highways Shri Amardeep Singh Rai, ADG Traffic (Punjab), Road Accident Database (iRAD) app provides
(MoRTH) and the National Informatics Shri Vikas Garg, Transport Secretary (Punjab), accurate and uniform road accident database
TCentre (NIC) held a two-day zonal workshop Shri Piyush Patel, IGP (Gujarat), Smt. Anupam for facilitating easy forecasting and decision-
titled eTrans’22 (29-30 August 2022) in Udaipur, Kulshrestha, ADG Traffic (UP) and Shri V. K. Singh, making for the reduction of road accidents.
Rajasthan. The workshop was attended by ADG Traffic (Rajasthan) were among the dignitaries This was followed by an open house session for
delegates from the Transportation and Police brainstorming on innovative ideas and recording
Departments of numerous state governments. from the Transport and Police departments who valuable feedback from participants.
NIC’s eTransport project, a crucial national took part in the workshop. Shri Pawan Joshi, DDG, The workshop ended with a panel discussion,
initiative, was the topic of discussions. Also, Shri Joydeep Shome, DDG, Shri B. V. Reddy, STD, Way Forward, eTransport applications,
deliberations were made on the use of new and Shri Rana Pratap, STD, were the organising deliberating on standardisation of the eTransport
technology and business processes to propel the officers from NIC. Over 125 delegates from 12 applications and processes and making the
project to a higher level. States and UTs participated in the workshop. standards uniform across the country.

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