Odisha Vehicle Owners Scramble After MoRTH Sends ‘Permanent Archive’ Alerts

Bhubaneswar: A mass SMS campaign from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways sparked widespread anxiety among vehicle owners in Odisha, triggering a sudden rush to renew insurance and pollution under control certificates after an estimated 20 lakh owners received alerts that their vehicles had been shifted to the ‘Permanent Archive’ category on the Vahan portal for prolonged non-renewal of…