Page 9 - Vehicles

A new 'LA' registration tag to be assigned for vehicles in Ladakh

Ladakh, is the second largest union territory. It consists of two districts of Kargil and Leh

From today, private vehicles will have to pay toll on Rajasthan highways

As part of their statewide agitation, BJP protested the toll tax on private vehicles on state highways

Scrappage policy may bring in stricter norms for pre-2005 built vehicles

A committee of secretaries (CoS) recommended to the ministry redesigning of the scheme

Microdots in vehicles to prevent thefts and check fake spare parts

Invisible microdots will now come affixed on vehicles and their parts to prevent theft as well as to check fake spare parts, the government said on Monday. The government issued a draft notification for amending the Motor Vehicles Rules. "The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) has issued a draft notification GSR 521(E) ... amending Central Motor Vehicle Rules, allowing motor vehicles and their parts, components, assemblies, sub-assemblies to be affixed with permanent and nearly invisible microdots that can be read physically with a microscope and identified with an ultraviolet light source," the ministry said in a statement. Microdot technology involves spraying the body and parts of the vehicle or any other machine with microscopic dots, which give a unique identification. Use of this technology will help check the theft of vehicles and also the use of fake spare parts. "The microdots and adhesive will become permanent fixtures/affixation which cannot be removed ...

India's historic vehicles stand a chance of survival, thanks to enthusiasts

The Prakash family's collection includes JRD Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten

Govt notifies dual fuel usage for agriculture, construction vehicles

The government Tuesday notified dual-fuel usage for agriculture and construction equipment vehicles in a bid to promote the use of alternative fuels like CNG in tractors, tillers and harvesters. Emission norms for smoke and vapour from these dual fuel vehicles will be the same as prevailing mass emission norms for the diesel mode. "The Ministry Road Transport & Highways has notified dual-fuel usage for agricultural and construction equipment vehicles. "These include tractors, power tillers, construction equipment vehicles and combine harvesters which have originally been manufactured as dual- fuel with diesel as primary fuel and CNG, Bio CNG as secondary, or have been converted as such from in-use diesel vehicles," the ministry said in a statement. The notification was issued following amendments of rules 115A and 115 B of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, to incorporate new rules 115 AA and 115 BB for the purpose. "This move will give a boost to vehicles run on bio-fuel, ..

Industry not ready for higher axle load on heavy vehicles, tractor trailers

A separate advisory for the increase in load of existing vehicles will be issued by the road transport ministry