After PAN, mobile numbers, Aadhaar now to be mandatory for driving licenses

Vehicle riders under Cyberabad Police Commissionerate limit will now have to carry Aadhaar card along with other necessary documents, failing which their vehicles will be seized, police said.

Keeping in view of the safety and security of the law-abiding citizens commuting on the streets of Cyberabad, there is a need to strengthen the process of verification of documents to prevent the road accidents due to drunk driver and persons without DL, a release from Cyberabad Police said. Besides, the existing mandatory requirement of carrying documents like DL (driving license), Registration Certificate, etc. the vehicle drivers of two, three and four-wheelers will also have to possess Aadhaar card from Sunday onwards under Cyberabad Commissionerate.

Carry Aadhaar card along with other necessary documents, failing which their vehicles will be seized. If anybody is found without carrying Aadhaar Card along with other necessary documents, the vehicle will be seized on the spot and a case will be booked under relevant sections of MV Act, the release said. The public was requested to carry their Aadhaar Card along with other driving documents while driving/riding a vehicle and exhibit to police (traffic and law and order personnel) wherever one is intercepted and asked for the documents, it added.