Deputy Ministers observation tour to Verahara branch of Automotive Department.
Yesterday (25) the Honorable Deputy Minister of Digital Finance Mr. Eranga Weerarathne and Honorable Deputy Minister of Port and Civil Aviation Janitha Kodithuwaku took part in a surveillance tour to the Verahara branch of the Department of Automobile Transportation belonging to the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Harbour and Civil Aviation.
Deputy ministers showed there, the medical certificate issued as a print copy by the National Institute of Transport Medical in Nugegoda to the people who are currently coming to obtain the driver's license, has also been disclosed that transparency is free and disorderly occurred, those irregularities are minimum. Online technique should be used for doing.
Also when the driver's license expires it will have to come out to Verahara to renew it has made the people huge uncomfortable. Accordingly, within a month, the technique was changed and showed that the driver's license is expected to set up an easy technique for renewal, and the basics for that have just started.
Avanti Senarathne, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Transport Highway Harbor and Civil Aviation (Development) Commissioner General Kamal Amarasinghe of Automotive Department, President of National Transport Medical Institute, Mr. Arosha Vidyabhushane, senior officers from the Department of Motorport Transportation including Mr. Arosha Vidyabhushane, Chairman of National Transportation Medical Institute, were participated.
Deputy Ministers visit the Werahera Branch of the Department of Motor Traffic On 25th August, the Hon. Eranga Weeraratne, Deputy Minister of Digital Economy, together with Hon. Janitha Kodituwakku, Deputy Minister of Ports and Civil Aviation, undertook an observation visit to the Werahera Branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles, which operates under the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation.
During the visit, the Deputy Ministers highlighted concerns regarding the medical certificate currently issued by the National Transport Medical Institute in Nugegoda for obtaining driving licenses. They noted that the printed certificates lack transparency and have been subject to irregularities, emphasizing the need to adopt an online system to reduce such issues. They also pointed out the difficulties faced by the public when renewing expired driving licenses, as renewals must currently be done only at the Werahera office. To address this inconvenience, steps are being taken to introduce a simplified renewal system within the next month, with initial work already underway.
The observation tour was also attended by Ms. Avanthi Senaratne, Additional Secretary (Development) of the Ministry of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation, Mr. Kamal Amarasinghe, Commissioner General of the Department of Motor Vehicles, Ms. Arosha Vidyabhushana, Chairperson of the National Institute of Transport Medicine, and other senior officials of the Department.
