By
Tricitynews
Chandigarh 18th July:- The Punjab Transport
Department, recently withdrew the service of e-payment for Inter-State Tax
Barrier. Several transporters, who have been earlier using the portal to pay
online the Inter-State Tax, have started to appeal to the Chief Minister,
Transport Minister and Transport Commissioner of Punjab to reopen e-payment
service. Through tweets as well as the letters, several transporters stated
that this move of withdrawal of the e-payment service is not only creating
inconvenience to the people but also brings in the question the functioning and
accountability of the Punjab Transport Department.
In
a move that will affect lakhs of people entering the state
and pay the tax stress-free, people have been stressing on the
fact that now that the process is manual again, there is more scope of local
failure, data loss, and inconsistency.
Piyush
Singhal from Delhi, who operates multiple commercial
vehicles, said that paying the interstate tax online was such relief! It seems
cruel, that the department has now suddenly decided to pull out the service of
online payment. This is creating a huge inconvenience for me as a lot of time
is wasted to get the same processed via the old method. He also mentioned that
he has already written an email for the same and reached out to the CM of
Punjab for help on Twitter.
Sanjeev
Kumar, a taxi operator from Hamirpur district in Himachal, also
expressed his disappointment via a letter to the Transport Department, over the
departments’ sudden decision.
In
an era of payment gateways, digital wallets, and the like, where the business
landscape is increasingly dominated by online payments, this move by the
department has not only created confusion for the transporters but also bought
into question the functioning of the department.
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