RTO Fatehabad

Fatehabad is a district in Haryana, quite populous and well maintained. The district has NH-9 and GT roads which serve as the major transport mediums in this region. Fatehabad Fort is a popular tourist destination in this region that receives a huge amount of visitors. 

Thus, the local RTO takes proper care to keep the transportation system fluent and comfortable. Fatehabad has two RTOs with code numbers HR-22 and HR-23.

Let us learn about all the essential services that these RTOs conduct in the following sections.

The vehicle and driver-related functions that Fatehabad RTOs offer is:

• Issuing of learner’s licence and permanent driving licence
  
• Registering vehicles and renewing registration certificates
  
• Motor vehicle registration
  
• Updating address and other information on registration certificates
  
• Preparing the scheme for stage carrier 
  
• Providing NOC
  
• Issuing national permits for stage carriers
  
• Road tax collection
  
• Monitoring traffic rules and collecting penalties
  
• Granting pollution certificate
  
• Enforcing road safety laws 
  
• Offering international driving license

There are different types of driving licence in Fatehabad RTO. These are:

• Permanent and temporary driving licences
  
• Licence for LMVs
  
• Transport vehicle Licence
  
• Invalid carriages licence
  
• Licence for road roller
  
• Licence for geared motorcycle
  
• Licence for gearless motorcycle
  
• Licence for special motor vehicle
  

Generally, Fatehabad RTO offers two types of vehicle registration. These are:

• Permanent registration 

• Temporary registration

To get a registration certificate, you need to submit necessary documents and required fees. After a span, you will also need to renew your RC. Not registering your vehicle will lead to penalties and other legal complexities.

Here are the vehicle registration charges in RTO Fatehabad:

• Invalid carriages: Registration fees ₹50
  
• Two-wheelers: Registration fees ₹300
  
• Imported two-wheeler: Registration fees ₹5000
  
• Light Motor Vehicle: Registration charge ₹600
  
• Medium goods and passenger vehicles: Registration charge ₹1000
  
• Heavy Motor Vehicles: Registration charge ₹1500
  
• Other vehicles: Registration charge ₹3000
  

The road tax norms in Fatehabad is as per Haryana road tax norms. They are as follows:

1. Two-wheelers

• Less than ₹0.75 lakh: 4% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

• Within ₹0.75 lakh to ₹2 lakh: 6% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

• Above ₹2 lakh: 8% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

2. Other Vehicles

• Within ₹6 lakh: 5% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

• Within ₹6 to ₹20 lakh: 8% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

• More than ₹20 lakh: 10% of the vehicle’s cost one-time

Not following traffic rules will lead to penalty charges in Fatehabad and these charges are uniform throughout Haryana.

• Driving faster or slower than the speed limit: ₹2000 (first time and the subsequent times)

• Driving without a valid licence: ₹5000 (first time and the subsequent times)

• Not paying road taxes: ₹500 (first time) and ₹1500 (subsequent times)

• Disobeying traffic signals: ₹5000 (first time) and ₹10000 (subsequent times)

• Not wearing a seatbelt while driving: ₹1000 (first time and the subsequent times)

• Not having a registration certificate: ₹5000 (first time) and ₹10000 (subsequent times)

• Rash driving: ₹5000 (first time) and ₹10000 (subsequent times)

It is mandatory to have a motor insurance in Fatehabad for legal purposes and safety as well. Like all other parts of Haryana, it is also mandatory in Fatehabad to have proper vehicle insurance. Violation of the rule will lead to ₹2000 penalty charge for the first time and ₹4000 for the subsequent times.

Being a busy city in Haryana, Fatehabd often witnesses unfortunate road events which sometimes become very fatal. The recent news of the death of 5 friends in Fatehabad due to a car-truck crash has horrified the citizens. The local authority, as well as the state authority, is trying to find out the causes behind such deadly accidents and fix the issues.

As a road safety measure, Fatehabad has taken the initiative of setting up trauma centres on roads. These trauma centres are the open ambulances that will stand in different places on the highways of Fatehabad. They will provide elementary to critical care to accident victims to save their lives. This is aimed to lower the graph of the death rate due to road accidents in Fatehabad.