nashik the installation of machinery at the regional transport offices automatic vehicle inspection centre is likely to begin next week said officials of automotive research association of india arai pune the machines had been gathering dust since the last week of december awaiting arrival of the engineers concerned from spain from where they have been procured arai officials said the team of engineers would be arriving on friday and take up the work of commissioning the facility sponsored by the centre with arai as the nodal agency this is the first such project in the state set up for automatic inspection of vehicles during fitness checks to eliminate chances of human errors a shed on a land admeasuring 1000 sq mt has been set up for the inspection centre with all the necessary arrangements besides there will also be a separate administrative office on 560 sq mt land having a cabin for the department head a record room staff room waiting room and other utilities a separate water tank has also been constructed for firefighting and domestic use once the work is complete two heavy and light vehicles each can be checked at a time the project work had begun in december 2012 and while it was expected that the facility would get rolling by december 2013 its completion got delayed for one reason or the other rto authorities said they were also told that the team from spain would be arriving in the city on friday but added that the assembly and testing process may still take some more time officials said they get about 65 vehicles for fitness tests daily they said since the concept was new to them they were not aware if more vehicles could be checked than the daily average however the new centre would do away with human errors the officials added the machines had been gathering dust since the last week of december awaiting arrival of the engineers concerned from spain from where they have been procured arai officials said the team of engineers would be arriving on friday and take up the work of commissioning the facility