Hyderabad, June 16 -- Vehicle registration and transport-related services across Telangana have been severely affected following a prolonged disruption in the Vahan-Sarathi software portal, leaving thousands of vehicle owners stranded and causing long queues at the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs).

According to vehicle owners, the Sarathi software has remained non-functional since Monday, June 15. As a result, essential services such as new vehicle registrations, payment of pending fines, permit-related transactions, and release of seized vehicles have come to a complete halt.

Regional Transport Offices across the state witnessed heavy crowds as motorists and transport operators arrived seeking services, only to be informed that the is...