Bhubaneswar: The State Transport Authority (STA) on Wednesday directed all Regional Transport Officers to ensure stringent enforcement against road safety violators.
It also warned that a first-time offender’s driving license (DL) could get suspended for three months.
According to officials, the Driving License can get suspended for driving at a speed exceeding the specified limit also including red light jumping, driving vehicles under the influence of drinks and drugs, using a mobile phone while driving, not wearing a helmet, and carrying overload in carriages and carrying persons in good carriages.
In a letter from the Transport Commissioner to the RTOs have been informed to strictly implement the change. Police officers can also seize the DL of the offender.
This will be then forwarded to the Supreme Court Committee of Road Safety.
