Online Driving License renewal & duplicate Driving licence service launched by CM Assam

Oct. 28: In a significant step, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday launched online  Driving License renewal & duplicate Driving licence service. The facility would save the precious time of the people and moreover, they would not have to go time and again to the office of District Transport Officer (DTO) for availing these services.

Taking to his twitter handle, CM Assam wrote, “Glad to launch online contactless DL renewal & duplicate DL services that’ll save a lot of precious time of citizens who earlier had to make rounds of DTOs for the purpose. It also shows our Govt’s resolve to provide easy access to all such services with the help of technology.” Except Jorhat, Sivasagar, Kokhrajhar, Barpeta and Baksa districts, where the online services will be functionalised after withdrawl of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) due to the forthcoming by-polls.

For us, governance is not about advertisement but a way to serve the people selflessly.

We intend to move towards complete automation of a lot of Govt services by 2022 to relieve our law abiding citizens from the hassles faced by them so far. pic.twitter.com/p0IJAWcVb5

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) October 28, 2021

“For us, governance is not about advertisement but a way to serve the people selflessly. We intend to move towards complete automation of a lot of Govt services by 2022 to relieve our law abiding citizens from the hassles faced by them so far,” added the Chief Minister. He also stated that in the last two months, around 1.35 lakhs driving licenses have been issued using the online mode.