LUCKNOW, July 22 -- Vehicle owners in Lucknow and across Uttar Pradesh may soon complete several transport-related services, including vehicle registration and transfer of ownership, without visiting Regional Transport Offices (RTOs), after the state government reached a consensus to implement an auto-approval mode for 52 transport services. The move to make transport services fully faceless has, however, prompted transport department employees to raise concerns over verification and fraud risks.

Under the proposed system, applications submitted through the transport department's online portal will be approved automatically if they meet the prescribed criteria. Officials said the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and Common Service Centr...