Chandigarh, Feb. 8 -- Scores of motorists in Punjab are a harried lot for the last three months due to delays in the issuance of smart cards of driving licence (DL) and registration certificate (RC) at regional transport authority (RTA) offices across the state.

Highlighting the issue at a press conference in Chandigarh on Friday, National Road Safety Council member Kamal Soi said the private company, Smart Chip Private Limited, which was printing the smart cards of RCs and DLs left the project in November 2024, following issues related to the cost of printing the RCs and DLs.

"There is hue and cry, and outrage among the general public in view of complete inaction on the part of state government as the application for issuance of DLs an...