It’s no longer ‘my way or highway’ in UP (IANS Special)

By Amita Verma Lucknow, Jan 27 : If necessity is the mother of invention then creativity is the father of politics.
Creativity in Uttar Pradesh has been flowing directly into the registration number plates of vehicles. The numericals on the registration plates of vehicles have been distorted and contorted to resemble names of politicians and positions.
This is a flagrant violation of the Motor Vehicles’ Act that clearly defines the size and type of font in which registration numbers are to be painted but, apparently, the concerned authorities are wary of initiating action against the offenders for obvious reasons, political clout being one of them.
The decision of the government to make high security registration plates (HSRP) mandatory for all vehicles — old and new — in Uttar Pradesh, has already run into rough weather.
While new vehicles are being fitted with HSRP by dealers at the rime of delivery, old vehicles continue with old number plates because there is a lack of infrastructure for changing number plates.
The ‘variations’ seen on number plates, some of which are hilarious, therefore continues.