Kathmandu, Oct. 30 -- The Department of Transport Management has signed an agreement with the Security Printing Centre to print 1.2 million driving licences.

The department's Director General Rajiv Pokharel and the centre's Executive Director Devraj Dhungana signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday.

Under the agreement, the centre will print the licences within three to six months. The department still has more than 2.5 million licences pending for printing.

For applicants who urgently need licences-such as those going abroad-the centre will print up to 500 licences daily and provide them immediately. After printing 1.2 million licenses, the department plans to develop its own system for license printing.

The application sy...