Tampered meters in auto rickshaws and taxis and rickety, unsafe and smoke-emitting trucks, buses and private vehicles will soon cease to exist.
The state transport department has a hit upon a state-of-the-art, technology-based solution — the mechanical fitness test lane. The project, which will take at least 18 months to become operational in the state, comprises a fully computerised and automated system of gauging a vehicle’s fitness.

Vehicles are currently chec-ked manually by Regional Transport Office (RTO) inspectors.