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Neta ke car-naame |
| By: Team Midday | | Date:
2010-09-01 | | Place: Mumbai | |
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The RTO recently laid down rules to be followed vis-a-vis the look of vehicle registration number plates. The crackdown on vehicles that were not conforming to norms (see box) began on August 28.
MiD DAY surveyed vehicles in the compounds of the corridors of power -- Mantralaya and BMC headquarters -- to check if norms were being followed by our lawmakers. We'll let the pictures do the talking.
| 'CREATIVE WRITING' AT ITS BEST? | | Take a good, hard look at the below number plates. The numbers are so intricately contoured that it's not exactly easy to read them at first glance. Why, the numerals almost border on cursively written text to read names of gods divine and political. While one invokes Big Brother, another proudly displays affiliation to a certain political outfit.
Precisely, the kind of stuff that the RTO has banned.
Pics/Sameer Markande and Somita Pal |
These number plates have been termed illegal by Worli traffic headquarters
| GUIDELINES FOR NUMBER PLATES | >> All letters should be in English. Times Roman font is advised.
>> A minimum size for letters and numerals is given and specification on spacing between characters has been specified.
>> Vehicles are classified on various types and a separate colour formation for number plates of each type has been advised.
>> Colour of background, letters and numerals has been specified |
2,160, the number of vehicles with fancy number plates fined between August 28 and 31
Rs 100, the penalty for using fancy number plates
Authorities speak
Our department has noticed that there are many vehicles having number plates formatted in a way to please political bosses by flouting legal guidelines. If required, we will conduct a special drive with the traffic police to fine vehicles having fancy number plates.
-- Dilip Jadhav, Transport Commissioner (Mumbai)
Our drive does not target any particular group; it's a general drive and anyone found violating norms will be fined.
-- Brijesh Singh, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic)
Text/Bipin Kumar Singh, pics/Bipin Kokate, Santosh Nagwekar |
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