New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- With the growing number of complaints against the government's automated testing stations (ATS) that assess vehicle fitness, the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) is auditing the 178 ATS to check data bleeding and manipulation to reduce the number of unfit and end-of-life vehicles on Indian roads, according to two people aware of the development.

"About 25% of all vehicle testing is now happening at ATS, and the next step is to ensure that the data is protected and not tampered with. There have been cases of gaming the system, or even using data of one vehicle for another vehicle," said the first person mentioned above, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

The government is aware of this issue and ...