KATHMANDU: The printing of driving licenses has begun through the Electronic Driving License and Vehicle Registration System (EDLVRS), which the government implemented on July 17.
The Department of Transport Management under the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has started printing licenses through the new system to ease the pressure on service recipients and address the long-standing backlog in license printing.
The new system is expected to make the process of obtaining new licenses and renewing existing ones faster, easier, and more service-oriented. Details of service recipients uploaded to the EDLVRS will be sent directly to Security Printing, which will print the licenses and dispatch them by post to the concerned Transport Management Service Offices.
This arrangement is expected to address longstanding problems related to the printing and distribution of driving licenses.
In the first phase, 3,081 driving licenses from Madhesh Province were printed and sent by post to the concerned Transport Management Service Offices for distribution.
Provincial governments that have reached agreements with Security Printing can print driving licenses under their own management. Accordingly, the Madhesh provincial government has signed an agreement with Security Printing and begun printing licenses. The Lumbini provincial government also signed an agreement with Security Printing on Friday and has started printing driving licenses.
For provinces that have not yet reached agreements with Security Printing, arrangements have been made for license printing through coordination between the Department of Transport Management and Security Printing, taking into account the pressure and difficulties faced by service recipients.
With the introduction of the new system, responsibility for printing licenses is being managed province-wise, with the aim of ensuring that service recipients receive their driving licenses more easily, quickly, and on time.
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