The Maharashtra government Friday approved the upgrading of nine deputy regional transport offices to the level of RTOs taking the number of RTOs in the state to 24 from the existing 15 and the deputy RTOs have come down to 27 from 36.

As per a government resolution (GR), deputy RTOs in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Jalgaon, Solapur, Vasai, Ahmednagar, Chandrapur, Akola, Borivali and Satara will be upgraded to the level of RTOs, PTI reported.