Nagpur, 30 June

(HS): With June 30 being the last date for installation of High Security

Registration Plate (HSRP), those who have vehicle owners may face fine of Rs

1,000 from July 1. The State Government had made HSRP mandatory on vehicles and

extended the last date on six occasions. The vehicles registered before April

1, 2019 installing HSRP is mandatory.

However, still

many vehicles are being run without the HSRP. The delay was caused due to lack

of agencies for the installation or non-availability of number plates.

In Nagpur city

alone (MH-31) out of about 4.37 lakh vehicles registered with RTO, only 2.36

vehicles have HSRP installed the new plates. In Nagpur East (MH-49) out of 4.35

lakh vehicles only 2.59 lakh vehicles have installed HSRP. Thus about more than

45 percent vehicles are being run without the new number plates.

The RTO has

decided to initiate a special drive from July 1 to book the vehicle owners and

impose fine. RTO has appealed to book HSRP number plate immediately to avoid

the penalty.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar