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RTOs told to scrap or auction khataras

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March 20, 2025

Ageing Fleet

- Shashank Rao htmumbai@hindustantimes.com

MUMBAI: 'Khataras' - that quintessentially Mumbai epithet for old and abandoned vehicles that are the bane of motorists scouring the streets for ever-elusive parking spots.

But the khataras in question are not street-side; they have been rusting away in the premises of the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) and police stations across the state.

The RTOs and police now have a 100-day deadline to clear away all abandoned vehicles by sending them to the scrapyard or auctioning them. The deadline, among other things, was set on Tuesday at a meeting headed by state chief secretary Sujata Saunik, with officials from the RTOs and police.

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