Fancy registration number for scooty gets Rs 1 crore bid in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla

The bid for the registration number categorized as VIP number in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district has crossed one crore.

Shimla: In a bizzare development, a scooty registration number in Himachal Pradesh capital has received bid worth over Rs 1 crore, officials said. To add to the surprise, the official informed that as might be expected, this number is not for any luxury car but for a two-wheeler.

The number HP 999999 is for a scooty barely worth Rs 1 lakh according to current market rate. The bids for the scooty registration number have however been received in Kotkhai area of Shimla district. So far, 26 people have shown interest for bagging the number. The last date for the bids is on Friday February 17.

The Himachal government's Registration & Licensing Authority conducts the online bids in a bid to generate the revenue for the department. Besides the said number 999999, the numbers HP HP 990009, HP 990005, HP 990003 are also categorized as VIP numbers in Himachal for which bids worth Rs 21 lakh, 20 lakh and 10 lakh respectively have been made in the past.

The number of people applying for these numbers is however comparatively lesser. The whopping bids for the scooties have caused a stir among the people in general and motorists in particular. The fancy numbers have been categorized as VIP numbers by the Transport authorities in order to grab the attention of two-wheeler enthusiasts to bid for them.

The craze for such fancy VIP numbers has increased over the years with the Transport department getting a warm response to the bids conducted from time to time for such numbers.