More than 1.30 crore vehicles in the state are still without the mandatory High Security Registration Plate (HSRP), even as the state government on Tuesday extended the deadline for installing one by a month.
This is the sixth time the deadline for fitting HSRP in vehicles has been extended. The original deadline was January 5, which was extended until February 15, and then until March 31. The deadline was later revised to April 30, but was extended again till July 31 in view of a large number of vehicles still sans HSRP. On Tuesday, the deadline was extended by one more month, ie till August 31.
“We have extended the deadline for getting high security registration plates fixed in vehicles till August 31,” commissioner of transport RM Jadav, said.
The high security registration plates are required to be installed in all vehicles, old and new, in view of a Supreme Court order of 2013. The state government has gone on an overdrive to comply with the SC ruling, but the pace of HSRP installation is much slower than one would like.
Jadav said that out of 2.40 crore registered vehicles in the state, HSRPs have been fitted in 1.10 crore vehicles so far. This means that as many as 1.30 crore, ie nearly 54% of the total vehicles, are still without the mandatory new registration plates.
The official had told DNA earlier that an estimated 12 lakh HSRPs were being installed in vehicles every month, and that they would increase the number to cover all vehicles at the earliest.
However, at this rate, it would take almost a year to ensure HSRPs in all remaining 1.30 crore vehicles.
In addition to all RTOs, the work for installing HSRPs is being undertaken at more than 700 automobile dealers, who were accorded status of deemed RTO for the same by the state government.
Officials said that the decision to once again extend the deadline was been taken in public interest in view of the large number of vehicles still without the mandatory registration plates. The government was also mulling to set up kiosks for installing the plates.
In Ahmedabad district, the high security registration plates are needed to be fitted in as many as 28.7 lakh vehicles, said RTO officials. Of these, HSRPs have been installed in 3.5 lakh vehicles so far, and need to be replaced in 25 lakh more vehicles, they added.
LONG JOURNEY
- The original deadline was January 5, which was extended until February 15, and then until March 31
- The deadline was later revised to April 30, but was extended again till July 31 in view of a large number of vehicles still sans HSRP
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