Getting the NOC for the vehicle is truely a tedious and time consuming job. And as it deals with the people in Government jobs (Babu... as we all call them), the above mentioned adjectives are implicit and apt to the situation and Hence you need to be patient for that. If you are planning to shift from one state to another, you need to have an NOC with you from the RTO of state where your bike is currently registered. If you shift your bike without getting the NOC and if a traffic policeman of the other state stops you, he will first ask you for the NOC. And if you dont have that then he might confiscate your bike. The only way out for you is to lure him with some Bribe. But what i believe is ....
Prevention is better than cure.
Documents you need for NOC :
1. 3 Copies of Form28
2. Original Registration Book
3. Emission Certificate (even Xerox copy of it would do)
4. Insurance Certificate (even Xerox copy of it would do)
I was shifting from Bangalore to Gurgaon(NCR) permanently. And to get my bike transported from bangalore to gurgaon, first thing for me to do was to get an NOC from the RTO. I had absolutely no idea as of how to do it. Just knew that i have to go to RTO for this. So one Divine morning on Saturday, i decided to go to the RTO and work it out. So i reached RTO Bangalore Central (2nd Floor of Koramangala BDA Complex) in the morning as i thought that being Saturday it will be a half day. But to my surprise, it wasn't. This gave me a huge relief as i dint know how much time it might take.
As soon as i entered the office, a bunch of Brokers sorrounded me asking "Kya boss.. kya chaiye... kya karana hai..." (What sir. what do want to get done). I told them about the work. One of them came out and said 1200 bucks in all it will take. I suspected that being a North Indian (so... no grip on Kannada), which he got from my attire and face, and probably working in a software company, he was trying to fool me with the prices and trying to overcharge me. So i asked him " how much does it take normally". He said " it will take 700 bucks for you to get this done by yourself and it will take around 1 month, but i can get it done in 3 days". I said ok and left the place telling him that i ll think and tell. Then i went to a person sitting at "MayI Help You" desk. I asked him the details about the work. He asked me to take 3 Form28 and fill them up. It took me around half n hour to figure out myself as in how (and exactly WHAT) to fill in the form. After doing it , i went to him. He asked to get the Chassis imprint on all the 3 forms with a pencil. So i went down to get it. Believe me, it took me around 40 min for that. (3 Phone calls and 20 min to find where the chassis number actually is on my bike and then another 20 min to take the imprint). After all this, i went upstairs, made a file with the forms and other documents. Then i went to a desk with 3 people sitting outside the office having a board hanging above them as Help Desk. One of the person took my file, had a look at it and then asked me to give the file inside in the Room No.11. I went inside and saw the office. The office was so messed up that you can not get by any means as to whom you should give the file to. Anyways i gave the file to the peroson siting in the front. He took the file and gave me an acknowledgement slip and asked me to come in the evening at 4.30 and collect a letter.
I went in the evening to the office. But as expected, the letter was not ready yet. (Although it was just a 5 min job to get the letter ready, but i dont know as of why these people in the government dont do the work assigned to them. Dont they have deadlines as we people have... ;) ). Never mind, the concerned person gave me the letter and asked me to get the verification certificate from the Deputy Commissionar of Police's office. (End OF Saturday)
I went to the Commisionar's office (on Infantry Road) on Tuesday (as it was a holiday on Monday for Ugadi) and went inside the office made for the visitors. The person there asked me to go to the back office CCRB (City Crime Record Bureau) and give the letter to them. I went there but to my surprise, no one was there in the office. It was 10.15 in the morning. Then someone came to me and told me that the office will open at 11 am. So i had to wait for another 45 min there only. After passing my time , i went inside and handed over the letter to the concerned person. He asked me to come in the evening at 4 or at 11.30 next morning. So i went to the office happily. But due to some urgent meetings in the office i could not go there. So i went there next day. (End OF Tuesday)
I went to the office next day i.e. Wednesday in the morning collected the certificate from there and again i went to the RTO and submitted the certificate. They asked me to come after 2 days. (End OF Wednesday)
So i went to office on Friday morning, that time all the running and hectic work arounds happened. From Room No. 11 to Treasury room to Audit room to again Room No.11 . But after all the running and sweting there, my file finally came back to the concerned person in that room. He asked me to come in the evening. I went to the office again in the evening at 4. As soon as he saw me, he started searching my file which god knows where was. As the time went on, i was literally having my heart in my mouth as all my bike's papers were there in that file with the RC. But by gods grace, he found the file and gave it to a helper lady to give it to the chief officer. She gave the file to the chief and i also went inside into the room. He asked me a few questions and verified the file and details from tip to toe. After that my file went to the person who was supposed to print the NOC for me. But the guy was not in his seat (no surprise... government office). Then another guy with a fierce look on his face came to his seat and took other 2 files first that came to the table after my file ( guess why... because those files were bought by Brokers). Anyways testing my patience, after 30 min of my file landing at his desk, he printed the NOC slips and gave it to the concerned man. He took the slips and pasted in my RC and on other documents. Then finally it went to one more officer for his final signature.
And after that he came to me and asked me for the Acknowledgement slip. When i gave it, he handed me over 2 of the Form28, which i filled up in the starting, with NOC sticker and RC with NOC sticker. (End OF Friday)
Finallly to the sigh of my relief, i got the work done myself, within a week and without paying a single penny as Bribe, for which the broker was asking me 1200 bucks and was telling me that it will take a month.
And all what i had spent in for all this is 100-100 bucks which i gave to 2 people. 1 who helped me in the start with all the initial work and the other was the concerned person who undertook my whole work, got it completed without asking a single penny. Ofcourse the time and swet is there, but now when i look back and see, it was worth.
PS: Please do take care of your Acknowledgement slip. It is necessary for you to give back in the end to get the RC and other papers.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Technology Unparallel
Science has always given the mankind a way to think and live. It has always been the Foundation Stone of Mankind. Be in Technology, Health, Philosophy, Psychology or any other thing. Even when a man choose to look back in times, he can see that science has always been the pioneer of the innovations and inventions. Or in other words we can say that science is the mother of all inventions. When we see electronic gadgets, automobiles etc. today, exactly how many of us wonder that just a few of centuries back, they were not even in dreams of people. None of us even would have hoped at that time to see any of these things. And yet, those dreams turned into reality and today we are in much comfort and enjoy the leisure they all provide. And the credit goes to the people who dreamt of all these, who had the courage to go against the winds to create a path for mankind. And today we owe it all to those people who could make all these possible.
Few days back, i came across a new invention that took place in the research labs of Nokia. i.e. their new Mobile phone named MORPH. Its a bridge between high end technology and potential users. This mobile represents the extent and depth of the advancement of technology that is happening in the world we live in and yet we are untouched from it. This device concept took leaps into the future techonology and unleashed it to the people. It shows the future face of science and technology that we know today as Nanotechnology. The phone is developed by Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Centre showcasing some of the best nanoscale technologies that potentially would create a new world of electronics and open a new specturm of possibilities.
The mobile is equipped with few amazing features that would blow your mind off.
1. Flexible and transparent
2. Built-in sensors that will understand the surrounding environment
3. Built-in solar devices that will get charged up
4. Made with the material that is self cleaning and self preserving
5. About 10 000 transistors integrated to the precision of a single fly hair.
6. 3D sensing buttons
7. Can flip and fold it and use it as a wrist band.
You can them by see yourself at: http://www.nokia.com/A4852062
Its not something like this is the only mobile, that has the remarkable features, in the market. We have iPhone in the market that has some of the outstanding features that is not possessed by any other mobile and hence, by far, it is the best mobile to go for as of today. And even before also, the mobiles used to come. If we choose to see, not so long ago, the mobiles that were launched initially were so bulky and costly that people seldom preferred to buy them. But if we look at the mobile market now, we will realize that mobile phone we purchase today would get outdated within a week. Market is flodded with the mobiles with newest technology and added features and everyday we see on the information media (TV, Newspaper etc.) that one company or the other is getting their new mobiles launched to keep up in the market and compete with its rivals. But the use of future technology in the mobile is taken up in this mobile and hence Nokia has taken a big leap ahead of its competitors the day this mobile was unveiled. This video shows us how beautifully the imaginations are being turned into reality. Ofcourse the time is a big factor but what more important is the belief and the imagination the people had, outcome of which is truely remarkable.
So i know and i am sure that after seeing this video, we all will have few ticks of clock to appreciate the hard work, the Engineers and Scientists, have put in and the imagination they have behind it and for taking the Mobile technology to the next level. And so we all can say that with so many built in featurs, it surely is the face of the future of mobile technology. And undoubtedly Nanotech is the no more a future tech and now is a reality that soon will take over the present technology and will give us the devices that we still cant even imagine in our wildest of the dreams.
One should never stop Dreaming as Todays' dream could be Tomorrows reality.You could be the poineer of it. You just need to have the courage to follow your heart even if it leads you off the world known path.
Few days back, i came across a new invention that took place in the research labs of Nokia. i.e. their new Mobile phone named MORPH. Its a bridge between high end technology and potential users. This mobile represents the extent and depth of the advancement of technology that is happening in the world we live in and yet we are untouched from it. This device concept took leaps into the future techonology and unleashed it to the people. It shows the future face of science and technology that we know today as Nanotechnology. The phone is developed by Nokia Research Center and Cambridge Nanoscience Centre showcasing some of the best nanoscale technologies that potentially would create a new world of electronics and open a new specturm of possibilities.
The mobile is equipped with few amazing features that would blow your mind off.
1. Flexible and transparent
2. Built-in sensors that will understand the surrounding environment
3. Built-in solar devices that will get charged up
4. Made with the material that is self cleaning and self preserving
5. About 10 000 transistors integrated to the precision of a single fly hair.
6. 3D sensing buttons
7. Can flip and fold it and use it as a wrist band.
You can them by see yourself at: http://www.nokia.com/A4852062
Its not something like this is the only mobile, that has the remarkable features, in the market. We have iPhone in the market that has some of the outstanding features that is not possessed by any other mobile and hence, by far, it is the best mobile to go for as of today. And even before also, the mobiles used to come. If we choose to see, not so long ago, the mobiles that were launched initially were so bulky and costly that people seldom preferred to buy them. But if we look at the mobile market now, we will realize that mobile phone we purchase today would get outdated within a week. Market is flodded with the mobiles with newest technology and added features and everyday we see on the information media (TV, Newspaper etc.) that one company or the other is getting their new mobiles launched to keep up in the market and compete with its rivals. But the use of future technology in the mobile is taken up in this mobile and hence Nokia has taken a big leap ahead of its competitors the day this mobile was unveiled. This video shows us how beautifully the imaginations are being turned into reality. Ofcourse the time is a big factor but what more important is the belief and the imagination the people had, outcome of which is truely remarkable.
So i know and i am sure that after seeing this video, we all will have few ticks of clock to appreciate the hard work, the Engineers and Scientists, have put in and the imagination they have behind it and for taking the Mobile technology to the next level. And so we all can say that with so many built in featurs, it surely is the face of the future of mobile technology. And undoubtedly Nanotech is the no more a future tech and now is a reality that soon will take over the present technology and will give us the devices that we still cant even imagine in our wildest of the dreams.
One should never stop Dreaming as Todays' dream could be Tomorrows reality.You could be the poineer of it. You just need to have the courage to follow your heart even if it leads you off the world known path.
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