Dimapur, Aug. 7 (EMN): The Transport authorities of Kohima have inaugurated a web-based application called the Sarathi 4.0, which is stated to be a system for driving licenses. Its features include real-time information ‘on full transport data,’ improved security, and ‘integrity and availability,’ according to updates.
The secretary for Transport Kenilo Apon launched Sarathi 4.0, on August 7 at the Regional Transport Office of Kohima, the department of Information and Public Relations (IPR) stated in its Wednesday bulletin. The official said digitisation of the department’s working system is a big initiative.
‘Our state is at par with the other states especially in the IT sector,’ the IPR quoted him as having stated.
Apon stated further that the ministry of Road Transport and Highways has entrusted the National Informatics Centre (NIC) with the task of standardizing and deploying two software namely the ‘Vahan’ for vehicle registration and the Sarathi for driving licenses, and to compile data with respect to vehicle registration and driving licenses of the state in the state and national registers.
‘The applications Vahan and Sarath were conceptualized to capture the functionalities as mandated by the Central Motor Vehicle Act, 1988 as well as State Motor Vehicle Rules with customization in the core product to suit the requirement of all 36 states and union territories. Nagaland adopted the National software Vahan 2.0 for vehicle registration and Sarathi 1.0 for driving license in the year 2008,’ he added.
During the programme, Lanusungkum Aier of the NIC, gave a history of Sarathi. Aier said it was introduced in the country in 2002 and in Nagaland (NL01) in 2008.
‘The upgraded Sarathi 4.0 version has many advantages since it is a complete web enabled version, centralized data base on the cloud, complete work flow based and facilitates all licensing activities through pc and mobile platform-internet connectivity,’ he said.
The application is hosted centrally at the National Data Centre in New Delhi. It eliminates the need for local infrastructure at regional/district transport establishments. This saves time and resources that are required for day-to-day maintenance, the updates stated.
According to the IPR, the system also minimizes the footfall of applicants at the RTO/DTO offices. By launching the online application, real-time availability of vehicle details/information will provide quality service delivery to citizens, government departments and stakeholders.
“Since there will be one single database for the whole country, there will be ease of data sharing between DTOs/RTO’s/States and minimize issue arising due to database manipulation,” the IPR stated.
Aier demonstrated with a slide on how the web based application process works in real time, the IPR stated.
