RTO Mahoba

Mahoba, a city in Uttar Pradesh, is popular because of the 9th century Sun temple. Moreover, it is widely known for its pristine landscape, including beautiful locations like the Gorakhgiri hills, Madan Sagar and more. It has developed as an important tourist spot in recent years creating a surge in traffic movements. 

Local RTO office bearing the code UP-95 ensures proper traffic regulation in this region. Knowing further details as shared here will help you develop an idea regarding the administrative roles of the RTO office in Mahoba.

The UP Transport Ministry entrusts RTO Mahoba to execute the following functions:

• Issues permanent licence and learner’s licence
• Motor Vehicle Tax Collection
• Tracks the status of vehicle RCs
• Issues fresh and duplicate vehicle registration certificates
• Provides tourism vehicle permits
• Conducting road tax collection
• Controlling pollution checking protocols and issuing the PUC certificate

RTO Mahoba provides a diverse types of driving licence to its local applicants, including:

• Permanent Licence
• Commercial Driving Licence
• Learner’s Licence
• International Driving Licence

Mahoba RTO can provide a vehicle registration applicant with any of these two different types RCs:

• Permanent vehicle registration

• Temporary vehicle registration

Once your car or two-wheeler gets registered, you can track the status of your vehicle’s documents by visiting Parivahan Sewa portal and entering the concerned registration number.

According to the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, you must register your vehicle to drive in any state or union territory of India. In this regard, these are the vehicular registration fees in Mahoba RTO:

• For permanent registration: ₹600
• For temporary registration: ₹1,500 to ₹2,500 (for 1 month)
• For smart card issuance: ₹200
• For renewing the trade certificate in case of a commercial vehicle: ₹500 - ₹1,000
• For parking/ contributing to state development charges: ₹2,000 to ₹4,000

The structure of Uttar Pradesh road tax across various classes of vehicles are followed in Mahoba. You can find the exact road tax rates here:

For Two-wheelers:

• Moped with an unladen weight of less than 90.72 kg: ₹150 

• Priced ₹0.20 lakh: 2% of the cost 

• Priced between ₹0.20 lakh and ₹0.60 lakh: 4% of its 

• Priced over ₹0.60 lakh and up to ₹2.00 lakh: 6% of its price 

• Priced above ₹2.00 lakh: 8% of its cost

For Four-wheelers:

• Cost ₹6.00 lakh and less: 3% of its value 

• Valued between ₹6.00 lakh and ₹10.00 lakh: 6% of its value 

• Priced over ₹10.00 lakh and up to ₹20.00 lakh: 8% of its price 

• Surpassing ₹20.00 lakh: 9% of its cost

For Commercial Vehicles (As Per Loading capacity):

• Less than 1 ton: ₹665.00 

• Between 1 ton and 2 ton: ₹940.00 

• From 2 ton to 4 ton: ₹1430.00 

• Between 4 ton and 6 ton: ₹1915.00 

• Within a range of 6 ton to 8 ton: ₹2375.00 

• Above 8 ton and below 9 ton: ₹2865.00 

• From 9 ton to 10 ton: ₹3320.00 

• More than 10 ton: ₹3320.00 + ₹470 per ton

Traffic officials have raised the penalties they will levy on Mahoba drivers and passengers who break the law. These are some of the infractions that will now cost you additional fines for breaking the rules. All of these rates came into effect in September 2019:

• Racing/ Speeding: ₹5,000 plus 3 months of confinement

• Dangerous Driving: ₹1,000 - ₹5,000 plus 6 months of imprisonment

• Blocking Emergency Vehicles: ₹10,000

• Drunk Driving: ₹10,000

It is mandatory to have a motor insurance since it is a legal requirement in India and is not a choice. Therefore, if you are staying in Mahoba and are currently planning to buy a vehicle, you should make arrangements for insurance within one week of buying.

The Uttar Pradesh government recently hosted the 'UP Nature and Bird Festival' in Mahoba. This event generated collective traffic overcrowding in several parts of the city as people from all over the district and even outsiders tried to attend the event on February 1. To control the traffic flow much more easily in further instances, the Mahoba RTO is now looking forward to coming up with better plans.

Keeping pace with the state government's road safety campaign, the Regional Transport Office of Mahoba had arranged for:

• Helmet bike rallies

• Eye test

• Reflective tape campaign