MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 1st May, 2017
S.O. 1374(E).—In pursuance of powers conferred under sub-rule 4 of rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, the Central Government hereby specifies that the vehicles on office duty which are designated for the following emergency and disaster management duties may be allowed to use multi coloured red, blue and white light on its top, namely :-
(a) the duties relating to control of fire;
(b) the duties by police, defence forces or paramilitary forces for maintenance of law and order;
(c) the duties relating to management of natural disasters including earthquake, flood, land slide, cyclone, tsunami and manmade disasters including nucleardisaster, chemical disasterand biological disaster.
2. The multi coloured light shall not be put to use when the vehicle is not on the designated duty.
3. Every year, the Transport Department of the State or Union territory Administration, as the case may be, shall issue a public notice bringing to the notice of the general public the list of authorities to whom the permission to use the vehicles specified in clauses (a) and (b) of paragraph 1 has been granted and such vehicles shall display on its windscreenthe sticker issued by such Transport Department which shall be in the following format, namely:-
“Government of (name of issuing State Government of Union territory Administrations)
Designation of the Officer (s)……………
Vehicle Number…………………………..”.
4. Only one sticker shall be issued to the designated officer for one vehicle at one point of time.
5. The sticker shall be on security printed water mark paper and shall carry hologram as specified by the Transport Department of the concerned State Government or Union Territory Administration.
[F. No. RT-11036/24/2017-MVL]
ABHAY DAMLE, Jt. Secy
Note: The principal notification was published vide number G.S.R. 590(E) dated the 2nd June, 1989.