A team of eight tech experts under the Technology & Innovation Institute have developed an online system to process special permits for private vehicles to be used daily during the state of emergency.

The team started developing the online special pass permission system after the Ministry of Transport issued a directive that limits the use of private cars for five months.

But it gave an exception for media and health professionals, religious leaders and people with disabilities as well as those involved in government-sponsored projects to prevent the pandemic to drive their cars after obtaining a special pass from the Authority.

The Authority is currently transferring the manually filed applications into the new online system, according to Abdulber Shemsu, deputy director at the Authority in charge of the transport sector.

As of May 14, 2020, the Authority has issued 960 special permits through the online application system, according to Abdulber.