Goa may stop issuing new licences for rental Thars amid rising accidents
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Citing concerns over the rising number of accidents in Goa, Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho Monday said the government is considering restricting issuance of new licences to rental Thar vehicles in the coastal state. After a meeting with the officials Monday, Godinho told the media: “As far as the transport sector is concerned, several issues were discussed. We are concerned about the rising number of accidents and a discussion was held on the reasons and how to curb them. As far as Thar vehicles are concerned, we are going to restrict issuing [new] licences to [operators of rental] Thar vehicles…and it is going to come up in the next STA [State Transport Authority] meeting and they will decide what action has to be taken”.“We are going to recommend to the STA to take action on this and further permissions for Thar [rental vehicles], perhaps, will not be given. It has got too much speed and no control…in the vehicle. So, they [people] just go and bang [vehicles] somewhere,” Godinho said. The minister said an audit will be done to assess how many ‘rent-a-car’ vehicles and operators are operating in the state and whether they have proper parking facilities, as mandated by the norms and the licencing rules. “Strict enforcement is going to be done as far as monitoring is concerned…whether they have got VLTD [Vehicle Location Tracking Device] installed, whether speed governors are installed and in cases of drunken driving…the drive will continue to ensure fewer accidents,” he said.
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