Hologram Industry News

IN ABOUT four months from now,new vehicles rolling on to the Capital’s roads will have special number plates. The new tamper-proof high security registration plates (HSRP) will make duplication difficult,and act as a deterrent against theft.

Beyond proposal Senior Delhi government officials said a draft proposal has already been prepared. “We are about to hire a consultant.The consultant will suggest how we can actually implement it,” said a senior Delhi government official not authorised to speak to the media.

The new plates will initially come only with new vehicles. Later, old vehicles will also have to replace conventional number plates with these.

Tobe fixed onto the vehicle’s body with special snap locks, the new plates will have a special code — unique for each vehicle — embossed on them along with the registration, engine and chassis numbers.

Made of aluminium, each plate will be protected against counterfeiting by the application of a chromium-based hologram. Any attempt to remove the number plate will break the snap lock, making it impossible to replace by anyone other than the authorised agency.

Introduction of these plates was first mooted about a decade ago. The project, however, was delayed due to lack of prepa ration at various levels. The Supreme Court, in its order in May 2009, has also extended the deadline for all states to implement these plates by another three months.
Source:www.hindustantimes.com

Lucknow: Following the Uttar Pradesh Cabinet’s approval for implementing the high-security number plate scheme for motor vehicles in the state through public-private partnership, the state government has invited global tenders for the job. It has also arranged a pre-bid conference of manufacturers and vendors on February 7 in Lucknow.

With the total volume of work estimated to be close to Rs 600 crore, the scheme is likely to see most of the 18-odd players, who have been approved by the Centre, attending the conference.

Speaking to The Financial Express, sources close to the development stated the bidding process is likely to be completed by May and the scheme will be started from June this year.

“While all new vehicles, both two and four-wheelers, will have to come equipped with these sophisticated number plates, the job of getting all existing and old vehicles fixed with the new high-security number plates will be completed within two years from the date of implementation of the scheme.”

The scheme, it may be mentioned here, has had a chequered past. After being notified by the ministry of shipping, road transport and highways, the High Security Registration Number Plates (HSRNP)-billed as one of the best anti-theft system for vehicles-underwent many litigations and finally, the Supreme Court gave its go-ahead in May last year.

Now, almost seven months later, the Supreme Court has asked the Centre, the states and the Union Territories to work out the modalities for the implementation of the Centre’s decision to make it mandatory for all vehicles to have high-security registration plates.

The Apex Court said the use of stolen vehicles to commit crimes, especially terrorism-related offences, could be controlled to a large extent by implementing the HSRP scheme.

However, only a handful of states have started conforming to the new system, namely Rajasthan, Karnataka and Meghalaya. “The tamper-proof number plates will sport a uniform font and a unique hologram that cannot be counterfeited and will display the vehicle registration number along with other information such as the engine and chassis number,” an official stated.
Sources: The Financial Express

Download: Tender Document up-high-security-number-plate.pdf