Odisha Govt Extends Dateline for Fitment of  Location Tracking Device, Panic Buttons in Vehicles

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has announced extension of dateline for the fitment of Vehicle Location Tracking Device (VLTD) and panic buttons for the vehicles.

The State Commerce and Transport Department has issued a notification in this regard.

As per the notification, the specified vehicles registered on or after 01.04.2023 shall have to comply with the requirement of the fitment of VLTD and panic buttons at the time of registration. The specified vehicles registered on or before 31.03.2023 shall have to comply with the requirement by 30.06.2023.

The dateline has been revised after reviewing the available infrastructure, the Department said.

Earlier, the dateline to comply with the requirement of the fitment of VLTD and panic buttons in the vehicles registered on or after 1.01.2023 was 31.12.2022 and for other vehicles, it was notified as 31.03.2023.