Raipur: Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu said on Saturday that the state government people should not be burdened with the newly formed hefty fines hence the Chhattisgarh government was studying the new amendments before they were implemented.
"We have been studying the provisions of the amended act. The central government has asked to implement the act all over the county, but we are studying it, keeping in view the situation in Chhattisgarh," Sahu said.
"It should not have hefty fines. Our government is analyzing in which way the act can be implemented here. We are also trying at whether the state government can make amendments to it," the minister added.
An official of the Road Transport Department said the amended act has been sent to the state's Law and Legislative Affairs department.
The law department will submit a report following which the decision on implementation will be taken, he said.
Parliament, in July, passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
Under the new law, people will be fined Rs 10,000 for drunken driving.
Earlier the fine was Rs 2,000.
The fine for rash driving has gone up from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000.
Fines of other offences have been similarly increased.
