India, Oct. 27 -- The automated vehicle testing centre at Nand Nagri depot - Delhi's second - is expected to become operational within the next six months as the installation of advanced testing machinery has begun, transport department officials said.

Once functional, the facility will have a capacity to test 72,000 vehicles annually, significantly reducing the burden on the city's only existing Automated Testing Station (ATS) at southwest Delhi's Jhuljhuli.

According to officials, Delhi has around 450,000 commercial vehicles that require mandatory fitness testing each year. Of these, about 200,000 are currently tested at Jhuljhuli, forcing the remaining vehicles, such as trucks, buses, cabs and small goods carriers, to seek certificat...