Kathmandu, July 11 -- Nearly 2.6 million smart driving licences from a backlog of 2.9 million applications have been printed within eight and a half months of an agreement between the Security Printing Centre and the Department of Transport Management (DoTM).

The centre has printed 2,592,417 licence cards in two phases. Of the remaining applications, 307,583 licences have less than a year of validity left.

The DoTM said these licences will be printed only after applicants renew them. According to Dev Raj Dhungana, executive director of the Security Printing Centre, all eligible licence cards have been printed based on the data provided by the department.

The first agreement between the centre and the DoTM was signed on October 29, 2025...