Registration of government vehicles completing 15 years would be cancelled and these vehicles would be scrapped, Himachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, who also holds the transport portfolio, said on January 13.
Addressing reporters, Mr. Agnihotri said that six scrapping centres would be established in Himachal Pradesh and expression of interest has been invited for setting up these centres under the scrapping policy. These vehicles would be replaced with electric vehicles.
Terming it as a "year of reforms" in the Transport Department, the Deputy Chief Minister said the fitness certificates of private vehicles would be issued through automatic testing stations. Earlier, it was done manually.
