The cabinet of Ministers has approved the issuance of vehicle number plates by excluding Provincial letter codes.
The decision has been taken to ease issues faced by customers and the Department of Motor Traffic when issuing vehicle licence plates.
The cabinet of Ministers said letters to identify Provinces are added to the number plate when registering vehicles in order for it to be easy at the vehicular emission tests and annual revenue license issuance.
It further said that however, both the customers as well as the Department of Motor Traffic have to encounter many difficulties when number plates have to be changed every time the right of ownership of the vehicles are transferred between Provinces.
Stating that since a unique number is issued to each registered vehicle at its registration, the cabinet said the identity of each vehicle can be easily recognized across the Departmental data base.
Considering those facts, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution submitted by the Minister of Transport for removal of the Provincial letters at the time of issuing vehicle number plates. (NewsWire)