LUCKNOW, Aug. 30 -- In a move aimed at strengthening road safety, transparency and pollution control, the Uttar Pradesh transport department has issued final registration certificates (RCs) to four new automated testing stations (ATS), including one in Lucknow, taking the total number of operational ATSs in the state to 14.

The newly approved ATS are AKRS ATS Pvt Ltd (Lucknow), Sharp-N-India with Triplea Tech Integrator (Agra), Air Sales Corporation (Kanpur Nagar) and Mamta Hygiene Products Pvt Ltd (Mirzapur).

"With these additions, ATS are now functional in 14 districts, including Firozabad, Bijnor, Jhansi, Moradabad, Kanpur Dehat, Varanasi, Bareilly, Fatehpur, Rampur, Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur Nagar, Moradabad and Mirzapur," transport com...