The Punjab Transport Department, enforcing the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways AIS-140 mandate, requires all public service vehicles registered in Punjab to be fitted with a certified Vehicle Location Tracking Device. This applies to all taxis, tourist vehicles, school buses, goods carriers, and auto-rickshaws on contract carriage operating in Punjab. Compliance is verified at fitness certificate renewal, permit issuance, and at RTO and highway checkposts along Punjab's national highway corridors.
Punjab has a uniquely strong commercial vehicle market shaped by three dominant forces. Amritsar is home to the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikh faith, which draws millions of pilgrims, tourists, and NRI visitors every year. All commercial taxis and tourist vehicles operating in and around Amritsar, including those serving the Wagah Border, Jallianwala Bagh, and the broader Amritsar heritage circuit, are required to carry valid VLTD certificates. Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar is one of North India's busiest airports for NRI traveller arrivals, making Amritsar's airport taxi market a high-compliance enforcement zone.
Ludhiana is India's largest industrial city and one of the country's most important manufacturing hubs, generating an enormous goods transport and logistics vehicle fleet. The industrial sectors of hosiery, bicycles, automotive parts, and machine tools all rely on a large fleet of goods carriers operating on Punjab's road network. The Grand Trunk Road (NH-44) and the Amritsar-Delhi corridor are among India's busiest commercial freight routes and are actively monitored by Punjab RTO and national highway enforcement authorities.
