SP Ganjam Initiative to Curb Corruption
Manoj Kanta Dash,Odishabarta
RTO Office a Hub of Brokers within the knowledge of Authority (?)
Brokers are Recruited or Engaged by Authority (?).
Pay 2K- Take Your DL
“MO Odisha – Naveen Odisha”
Chatrapur,18/11/23:On 14.11.23, a special team was formed by the Superintendent of Police,Ganjam,Mr.Jagmohan Meena,IPS,to trace out the middle men (Brokers) at RTO Chatrapur office who misguide and cheat the public. In action mood SP formed a team led by IIC, Chhatrapur to make a surprise visit to RTO premises and at Agastinugaon the driving test ground.
During the raid, the team apprehended 04 middlemen and seized the various DL, RC and other connected documents along with mobile phones and Motorcycles.
Police arrested four noted brokers namely, Jaganath Sahu (30), S/O- Sibaram Sahu of Village, Palia Chatrapur,Rabindra Kumar Gouda (25), s/o- Rama Chandra Gouda of Village,Kumarbegpalli, PS-Chatrapur, Md. Allaudin (32), S/O- Md. Riaz of Village, Bypass road near Science College all are of PS- Chatrapur and P. Chandra Sekhar(65) of 3rd,lane Kampo street, Berhampur PS- Berhamur Town.
From spot police have seized RC Book-07,DL-12,Learning license-08,Finance clearance certificate-02,Motorcycles -04 and 04 Mobile phones from their possession
In connection Chatrapur Police registered a Case No- 764,dated.14.11.2023 U/S 420/34 IPC .
In this regard while this Media tried to interacted with RTO,Chatrapur over phone but in spite of repeated calls RTO avoids the call not responded (!). However matter has been appraised to Commissioner,STA,Odisha.
The steps taken by SP, Ganjam many intellectuals appreciate and commented, it required to conduct every interval to remove from grassroots.
Reliable source reveal that, all these trend run within the knowledge of RTO, MVI(?) ,authorised persons Mr.Sethy of Driving Licence,GR and Vehicle Transfer wing and Mrs,Paika,Vehicle registration wing.
This may be underline both Sethy and Mrs.Paika both are working for more than five years in same department.
Many harassed applicant alleged and demand for Vigilance intervention also appeal to put their I-Con seriously many hidden assert, bank balance can be detected easily if they truly inquire. We hope this initiative will help the beneficiaries, they said”.
Few months ago in a meeting while addressing to transport officer, a senior officer of STA told steps has taken up the cudgels to curb corruption at the grassroots level by attempting to make the monitoring mechanism more effective and hope this steps helps the beneficiaries.
It will discourage dishonest officers. No middlemen and politicians from engaging in corruption, he added.
Earlier Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed officials concerned to make Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) across the State broker-free within 15 days.
The Chief Minister’s directive came during a meeting through video conferencing with the district Collectors, Superintendents of Police and Regional Transport Officers (RTOs).He asked the officers to open more counters at the RTOs to facilitate issue of driving licence and other vehicle-related documents to enable people comply with the provisions of amended MV Act.
