LAHORE – Punjab government has launched the Universal Number Plate projectwith the province-centric approach.
Punjab government has announced to launch Universal Number Plateslink>withprovince-centered approach instead of the conventional city-centered one.The size of the computerized number plates and digits printed on them willbe increased as well.
As for the format, the numbers on the plates will go like this; AAA 111,AAA 123 etc. The project is expected to be initiated next month as thegovernment has already launched the tendering process.
As the number plates will be computerized, they will be linked with thecameras installed across the province as part of the safe cities project.The plates will come with the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR)that will enable the cameras to read and track them.
Apart from that, a uniform numbering system will be followed across theprovince. Currently, city initials are used in the number plates. Thisaffects the car prices if the number is from a smaller city. People tend topay less for a car that is registered in a smaller city as compared to theone registered in, let’s say, Lahore.
This practice will come to an end as only province initials will be used onthe plates. Due to the same reason, people went to big cities to get theirvehicles registered which increased the workload. With this method, theworkload will be uniformly distributed among cities in Punjab.
The initiative has been appreciated by many including excise department.The department says that ANPR tech will markedly help reduce crimesinvolving vehicles.
The Universal Number Plate project already got the go-ahead from ChiefMinister Punjab and the provincial cabinet.
The government will soon launch the Vanity number plates as well for morecustomization options. The owners will be able to get a custom name numberplates as well as an option to add a photo displayed on the plate.