Surtis spent Rs. 7.75 crore a year for favorite vehicle number

Surat

Just to have their choice of registration number for their vehicles, the people of Surat – the second largest city of Gujarat spent Rs. 7.75 crore in financial year 2014-15. The figure in year 2013-14 was Rs. 7.45 crore. However the highest revenue was earned by Surat RTO in year 2012-13 when it received Rs. 8.23 crore for allotment of vehicle registration number of choice to citizens.

Surat is nevertheless on the top when it comes to revenue through choice of number scheme. The highest amount for number was paid by Kalpesh L Parmar which was for number 01. Parmar paid Rs. 2,18,000 for this number. Shantilal Pansuria bought registration number 9997 for Rs. 2,11,977.

999 number in JF series was sold for Rs. 2,03,000 while 7777 for Rs. 1,12012. 4444 number was sold for Rs. 2,01000.

Diamond baron Govind Dholakia had bought 01 number for Rs. 1,55,556 while 555 number was bought for Rs. 1,15,555.

-DeshGujarat