Pune, 14 Aug

(HS): Despite several extensions of the last date, about 70 percent of vehicles

have remained without the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP). The last

date for installation of the HSRP is August 15. The Government had announced

that no further extension would be granted. Whether fines will be imposed

or the last date will be extended further remains to be seen.

The vehicles registered

before April 1, 2019, in Maharashtra are 2,54,90,159, out of which HSRP has

been installed only on 49,89,656 vehicles.

A meeting of the

RTO officers, chaired by the Transport Commissioner Vivek Bhimanwar, was held at

Pune on August 11 and 12. The issue of poor response and problems faced by the

HSRP fitment centres were discussed. However, the information about the extension

of the last date or not was not revealed.

Those who

applied online for the installation of HSRP, were given the dates in November and

December.

Sindhudurg (MH

08) leads in installing the HSRP in Maharashtra, which is only about 33

percent. Sindhudurg is followed by Wardha (MH 32), Nagpur Rural (MH 40), Satara

(HM 11), and Gadchiroli (MH 33).

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar