Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister of Transportation Department and Tribal Welfare of Karnataka on Wednesday said his ministry will soon introduce online services for Driving License (DL) and Learning License (LL) in a bid to make offices of Assistant Regional Transport Officer (ARTO) and Regional Transport Officer (RTO) paperless.

Replying to a query posed by Congress leader DS Holegeri, at the Karnataka Assembly in the ongoing session, the Minister said all the services of ARTO and RTO offices will be made available online aiming to go paperless and to reduce the need of people having to visit these offices.

He also added that proposals have been made for establishing new ART/RTO offices in Muddebihal, Sindagi or Indi region in Vijaypura district, Hinnali, Chennagiri in Davangere district, Sedam in Kalaburagi, Sindanur/Lingasur in Raichur district and in Kundapur Taluk of Udupi district.

“There are demands of opening ARTO, RTO offices at various places across the state. We will do it step by step while also considering the availability of the funds with the ministry.” He said.

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Puttur: In a tragic incident late Saturday night, an auto rickshaw returning from Madikeri to Puttur, after completing Lok Sabha election duties, collided with a KSRTC bus near Mukrampadi on the Mani Mysore National Highway. The collision claimed the life of the auto-rickshaw driver, identified as Jaison (30).

The collision occurred around 2 am when the bus heading towards Puttur collided with the rickshaw travelling in the opposite direction. The impact was severe, resulting in the complete crushing of the rickshaw, with Jaison trapped inside.

Despite the efforts of the fire service, he succumbed to his injuries before being extracted from the wreckage.