As the announcement came about the formation of new districts in Telangana, several new rules have come. According to the latest reports, people who are buying the new vehicle, and wanting to register their vehicles will be given new district codes formulated by the Telangana Transport department after the formation of the new districts . The State government issued orders notifying the new district codes on Tuesday.

Joint Transport Commissioner B Venkateshwarlu said that "all motorists don’t have to run around the Road Transport Authority (RTA) offices to change the registration code of the district. Only new vehicles that come up for registration from the date of formation of the new districts will be given the new codes while owners of existing vehicles need not change the district code."

Officials said "the new district codes are for administrative convenience and to have a record of the number of vehicles being registered in each district, but it has also opened the doors for fancy registration numbers. Fancy vehicle registration numbers are auctioned. Earlier there were only 10 districts. Now, there are 31, which means RTA authorities will have the option of auctioning fancy number plates in 21 additional districts. Fancy numbers give higher revenue to the RTA as the owners have to pay more for the privilege of obtaining the special numbers."

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BY M.DIVYA SRI