75 Persons Fined For Commercial Use of Private Bike

Bhubaneswar: The two regional transport offices (RTOs) in Bhubaneswar have fined owners of 75 bikes for commercial use having private registration. The bikes have been registered under online taxi services like OLA, RAPIDO and UBER.

“The owners have been fined Rs 5,000 each for violating Section 92 of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988,” said Bikash Choudhury, RTO – I.  Use of yellow number plate is mandatory for vehicles used for commercial purpose. However, hundreds of bikes are used for commercial purpose in the city having white number plate. As many as 10 bikes are found in the city having yellow number plate, he added.

The enforcement team has launched a special drive to find out private bikes used for commercial purpose. The RTO charges only Rs 1,500 for change of number plate. Owners can change it easily to avoid hefty amount of penalty, he said.  Bhubaneswar based auto-rickshaw associations have been demanding action against the bike owners.