NEW DELHI: Several state governments have resisted roads ministry's drive to digitise the records of state transport authorities and automation of vehicle fitness centres , roads secretary Sanjay Mitra has said."We are getting heavy resistance from state transport authorities against automation of vehicle fitness centres which are all set to be opened during current year 2017 in various states including Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh," Mitra said."Even recent increase fee of driving license, driving test and fitness is being opposed by various organisations and states . The fee has been increased for the first time after 1989 and this is the reason that there is a huge gap between the old fee and the new fee," he said.A learning licence that was earlier issued with a fee of Rs 30 has been increased to Rs 150 with an extra charge of driving test fee of Rs 50.Mitra was speaking at a road safety event organised by International Road Federation . He said his ministry was regularly releasing funds to remove black spots on highways."As part of making roads safer in the country the Road ministry has released a fund of Rs 500 crore to rectify engineering faults on national highways . Around 800 black spots have already been identified across the country. Similarly 10 per cent of central road funds about Rs 800 crore will be spent on road safety by the state governments," he added."The road ministry has also sanctioned installing of crash barriers and parapets in hill areas particularly Char Dham yatra route in Uttarakhand to curb accidents and make hill rods safer," he said.