State govt might have requested sellers to not ship automobiles with out excessive safety registration plates (HSRPs) however in accordance with an estimate round 9 lakh automobiles plying on Gujarat’s roads are with out excessive safety registration plates (HSRPs).
In Ahmedabad metropolis and district this quantity was round three lakh, whereas Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara collectively have one other 4 lakh such automobiles.
Officers stated that of those, 2.5 lakh automobiles are round 10 years previous whereas the remaining have been bought up to now 5 years. An estimated 50% of them both haven’t put in the HSRP or have put in fancy, unclear quantity plates in order that they’ll fox the CCTV cams and evade e-challans, in accordance with the transport division.
Nevertheless, regardless of the brand new rule coming into impact final 12 months, 20% of the drivers have both pasted ‘Utilized for Registration’ stickers or have ambiguous quantity plates.
Officers stated that driving a two-wheeler discovered with out HSRP attracts a wonderful of INR 1,000; the drivers of automobiles, three-wheelers and four-wheelers might be fined INR 3,000, INR 2,000 and INR 4,000 respectively.
“In Ahmedabad metropolis and district alone, there are round 3 lakh automobiles with out quantity plates,” stated a senior officer on the transport division.
He stated that main automobiles that flout the HSRP are these which are bought by sellers within the periphery of town.
A politician in Bopal who lately introduced a high-end automobile stated, “I’ve been allotted the registration quantity, however am but to put in the HSRP. My automobile nonetheless bears the ‘utilized for registration’ sticker. I’ve managed to get away on one event saying the HSRP just isn’t prepared but.”
The state transport division has made it obligatory for sellers to put in excessive safety registration plates (HSRP) on all new automobiles earlier than they’re delivered to prospects. The rule has been in impact since final 12 months. If a car is discovered shifting with a brief quantity plate, the vendor is liable to be fined and even dangers cancellation of his dealership. “To make sure that the HSRPs are issued in time to the sellers, the state transport division has roped in 5 companies who’ve assured their supply inside 24 hours,” stated an officer.
If the order for the HSRP is positioned earlier than 2pm, it will likely be delivered the identical day. For orders positioned after 2pm, the automobiles might be delivered the following day, stated the officer. Additionally, the transport division has completely completed away with momentary numbers which have been issued to the automobiles. The officer stated that these shifting with such momentary numbers are illegally getting used. The officer additionally stated any kind of writing on the quantity plate can also be prohibited as per the legislation.
A senior officer stated that final 12 months the division had introduced a drive in opposition to such car homeowners in coordination with the visitors division, however no such drive has but been taken up.
“Not a single vendor has been issued a present trigger discover,” he stated. “Motion is prone to be taken after the election,” he added.
