Dubai: Issuing free driving licences among RTA’s CSR initiatives last year

More than 5 million people benefitted in corporate social obligation (CSR) drives attempted by Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in 2021.

Among the drives sent off were those to help low-pay bunches with preparing materials to acquire for nothing driving licenses.

The authority didn’t uncover precisely the number of individuals were given the free licenses. In a declaration made in 2020, the RTA had said that charge waivers are given on document opening, hypothetical and down to earth preparing notwithstanding signs, stopping, market, and expressway tests and up to the last test and the issuance of the driver permit.

The point is to work with driving licenses to low-pay people so they can improve occupations.

What’s more, the RTA attempted 40 CSR drives the year before.

Rowdah Al Mehrizi, overseer of Marketing and Corporate Communication, said: “The drives included assorted occasions and exercises like the 100 million dinners, ordinary Ramadan drives, giving reconditioned resources, ‘Eid Joy’ to give joy to vagrants, and Kiswat Khair (garments for really great) for retrofitted outfits, to give some examples.”

CSR drives likewise designated individuals of assurance, for example, supporting the chemical imbalance mindfulness crusade; studios; and an items market.

Around 4,700 individuals profited from the RTA’s drives during the blessed month of Ramadan last year.

“Suppers on-Wheels drive incorporated the dispersion of 2,300 dinners at RTA’s offices in a joint effort with Bait Al Khair, UAE Red Crescent, Dar Al Bear Society, and Dar Al Ber Charitable Society,” said Rowdah.

“Checking Zayed Humanitarian Day (Ramadan 19), the RTA dispersed nol cards – every value Dh500 – among 242 taxi and 200 transport drivers whose administrations were ended. These were to be utilized to purchase Ramadan apportions.”

The RTA likewise facilitated a ‘Resistance Iftar’, where 2,000 dinners were conveyed to fixed-pay gatherings.