Transport Dept. starts despatching of smart driving licence cards
The Hindu
Over one lakh cards have to be printed in Visakhapatnam district, says official
Here is good news for over one lakh Fresh Driving Licence (FDL) applicants, who are awaiting to receive their smart DL cards for the past one year. The Transport Department has finally received the chip-enabled cards from the supplier and is despatching them.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.