Bengaluru: The number of cases ordered by vehicles that have a damaged number plate in the city increased from 2.5 lakhs in 2020 to 4.1 lakh (until November) in 2021.
Bengaluru traffic police said they had intensified drives specifically on vehicles with number plate.
However, some motorists accused the police now stop them because they do not have a high security registration plate (HSRP).
Arun K, a driver, tweeted: “Why traffic police we ask for a fine for the HSRP plate for older vehicles when the rules do not apply.
Today I was stopped in two places and paid a fine of RS 500 because it did not have the HSRP number plate (SIC ).
“Alok, another driver, Tweet,” I was fined because he didn’t have HSRP.
But when I asked where I would get it, I didn’t get an answer.
RTO said they did not have a process to remove the old car, no information online ..
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citizens do not know how to get it! But still, we were fined.
“transportation officials clarified that HSRP is only mandatory for vehicles registered after April 2019.” registered vehicle Pos 1 April 2019, the own HSRP.
for a long vehicle, we will Immediately issue a notification, so until then it was not mandatory for them, “said L Narendra Holkar, an additional commissioner of transportation (enforcement).
He said the authorities drift the tender to choose an agency to provide HSRP to more than 1.7 crore old vehicles throughout the state in the next three years.
“We have held a pre-offer meeting with the company.
We will immediately complete the tender and issue notifications,” he said.
A senior police officer said the registration plate according to the ACT regulation of motorized vehicles was needed for contact enforcement without contact.
“It will be difficult to identify vehicles in CCTV if the number plate has a different size.
We have intensified the Raids on the number plate damaged after the high court order,” he said, adding that most vehicles in the city have luxurious number plates.
“This violates the central motorized vehicle rules.” The Ministry of Transportation and Jalan Raya Union has made it mandatory for all vehicle owners to improve HSRP plates and coded the color of their vehicles.
However, the implementation in Karnataka has been delayed.
HSRP is not easy to damage and cannot be misused, so it also helps identify stolen vehicles.