mumbai the state government will soon launch the rfid technology at the states border checkposts it has already begun circulating rfid stickers to trucks tankers and trailers the advantage will be twofold heavy goods vehicles will not have to wait in long queues for clearance at the checkposts and it will also put an end to corruption by rto officials speaking to toi state transport commissioner v n more saidwe have begun distributing the rfid stickers and these will be pasted on trucks and trailers passing through the border checkposts it will put an end to corruption at the checknakas and also ensure transparency in collecting taxes and checking entry and exit of vehicles in the state he further stated that the rfid cards will be available to truckers at all rtos and appealed to state transporters to expedite the process of registering their vehicle details and collecting the rfid stickers at the earliest the sticker will be pasted on the windshield of the vehicle it will contain a chip which will store a plethora of data including vehicles registration details name of the owner the engine chassis number details and validity of fitness and puc certificates details of taxes paid for the goods that are being transported and other data trucks will pass through huge metalframe detectors through which we can read the data stored on the rfid sticker and view it within seconds on a computer unless taxes are not paid or truck is carrying excess goods we will not stop the vehicle a rto official said the project is being jointly undertaken by msrdc and the transport department said more there is no scope of any corruption every information will be digitised and we keep a computer record of all vehicles passing through the checkposts the project is first being implemented in the gujaratmaharashtra border posts before being launched at the other posts across the state boundaries sources said rto officials earned crores of rupees through corruption at the checkposts and it was presumed to be a lucrative posting for officials but the wings of the corrupt officials will now be clipped as manual system will be taken over by the computers sources said a transporter association welcomed the system saying it would lead to transparency of data also they can have epayments through rfid technology in future also it will save us time energy and fuel while crossing the checkposts he added