Coming soon,high-security number plates

The state government has initiated the process to implement the Rs 500-crore High Security Registration Plates project for all types of vehicles across the Gujarat.

The state government has initiated the process to implement the Rs 500-crore High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) project for all types of vehicles across the Gujarat. The project has been proposed to use high-security registration plates as a highly sensitive tool to prevent crimes.

The system has security features to prevent counterfeiting and duplication of such registration number plates. The specifications of plates on different type of vehicles have already been laid down in order to ensure uniformity in size,colour and specifications of the registration plates across the country.

As per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of Road Transport,the state Transport department has started the work of establishing technical network for the

project. The government has recently invited tenders for the project,which will be implemented on the Build,Own and Operate (BOO) basis.

State Transport Commissioner J P Gupta,told The Indian Express: After the implementation of this project,all new vehicles will use HSRP,while older vehicles will have to replace their old number plates with HSRP. The government will appoint authorised vendors at all the Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) from where vehicle owners can get HSRPs.

The plates will be highly secure with lock,hologram and unique numbers. At present,there is no standard number plat system in the state, he said,adding that the project will cover the entire state within a year.

The department is also working on digitisation of all the vehicle data and is likely to introduce chip-based driving license and vehicle registration book,said Gupta.

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