E- Motoring project overhauls 92 year-old Motor Traffic Department
The decades- old Motor Traf f i c Department ( MTD) head office at Narahenpita will get a new look with a modern facade design, a fully computerised and renovated interior office to offer an efficient and expeditious service in an eye- catching environment under the emotoring project.
The primary objective of this initiative is to provide an error- free service, eliminating corruption and malpractices by deploying information and communication technology for activities pertaining to registration of motor vehicles, acting Commissioner General of MTD Upali Jayasekara told the Business Times this week.
He said that preliminary work such as wiring and installing computers will begin within the next couple of weeks in the ground floor area managing the available space with great difficulty without shifting the department to a new building during the renovation period.
Mr. Jayasekera noted that as a responsible state official, he is very careful in handling this type of project with private sector assistance minimising waste.
A Business Process Re- engineering Programme (BPR) has been perfected and the e- motoring project is due to be designed in accordance with the new processes identified during this programme.
ICT Commissioner at the MTD Thushara Suraweera said that the re-engineered new processes comprises registration of vehicle importers, vehicle manufacturers and vehicles as well as registration of the original owner of the vehicle or the change of ownership of vehicle and other changes effected in respect of the vehicle.
The other components of the programme are monitoring of complaints, investigations and decisions, and management process of relevant documentation.
Discussions pertaining to how the software system should operate according to the BPR have been taking place, he revealed.
The new system will ease vehicle owners to record all details in an electronic system relating to vehicles such as import details, registrations, transfers, licence renewals and all other important details,”
“The new system will ease vehicle owners to record all details in an electronic system relating to vehicles such as import details, registrations, transfers, licence renewals and all other important details,” he said.
The Department had spoken about the e- motoring system since 2008, he said, adding it was delayed due to administrative and financial reasons, but by implementing this system vehicle registration could be completed within a short period of time.
He noted that the e- motoring system will connect vehicle import institutions, leasing facility providers and other state institutions relating to the vehicle registrations.
The e- motoring system’s software development has already commenced and a photo of a vehicle’s chassis number would be entered into the new system as a photo image before releasing them from customs because the chassis number would be maintained as the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN).
This will eliminate fraudulent vehicle transactions by changing the chassis number, he pointed out adding that the VIN would be compulsory to paste on a side of the windscreen. (BS)