The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), the apex organisation which claims to represent motor transport operators across the country, has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abolish Regional Transport Office (RTO) check posts, especially at State Borders, most notably in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, which sees a high-level of corruption and exploitation.
AIMTC states that the brazen and unchecked conduct of these border RTO check posts is severely impacting the transport trade and adversely affecting vulnerable and impoverished truckers. Their existence is redundant, especially post implementation of GST, National Logistics Policy & PM Gatishakti.
In accordance with the fundamental premise of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) law, there should not be any RTO check posts at state borders or elsewhere on highways or within states. This measure is crucial to ensure a corruption-free, seamless movement of transport vehicles, reduce logistics costs, protect the environment, and avoid fuel wastage.
