IMPHAL, Jan 30: The State Directorate of Transport has issued a clarification on MEELAL`™s demand for inclusion of Meetei Mayek (Manipuri Script) in the number plates.
According to a statement of the department, a meeting was held on May 2 last year at the conference hall of the Directorate to discuss the matters pertaining to the representation of MEELAL demanding inclusion of Meetei Mayek (Manipuri Script) in HSRP of Registered Vehicles with M Lakshmikumar Singh, Secretary (Transport), Govt of Manipur in the Chair.
In the interest of popularisation of Meetei Mayek, Transport directoratewill have no objection if private transport owners wish to write vehicle registration numbers in their vehicles in front and rear appropriately (but without touching the HSRP) on their own volition in the backdrop of the decisions taken in the meeting held on July 27, 2007 between the representatives of MEELAL and Govt of Manipur represented by Commissioner Transport, it said.