Goa: Amended MV Act to be inforce from October, says Mauvind Godinho

PANAJI: State government has decided to implement the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019 from October instead of July in view of the hardships being faced by the people due to Covid-19.
Speaking to TOI, transport minister Mauvind Godinho on Sunday said the government is averse to burden people with the implementation of new act as they are battling Covid-19.
Godinho said the file pertaining to the new act is ready and will be referred to the cabinet for its final approval before being implemented.
“We have reduced the fines on the lines of Gujarat,” he said.
A senior government officer said the law department has vetted two proposals of transport department, which include reduction in fine and implementation of the act in its original from.
Earlier, the implementation of new legislation was delayed due to the code of conduct in force ahead of ZP elections.
Former transport minister and MGP senior leader Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar had demanded resignation of Godinho over not implementing the act and blamed him for the fatal accidents in the state.
Godinho has said that the fine for riding a bike without helmet as per the Centre is Rs 1,000, which the state wants to restrict to Rs 500. “In no parking cases, the fines have been increased from Rs 100 to Rs 1,000, but we will try to restrict it to Rs 500,” he said.