Now, spot ‘KL 01’ & ‘TVM’ number plates in foreign cities

  • | Monday | 18th February, 2019

‘KL 01 TVM’ license tag can be spotted in Indiana and Virginia in the US. It is only recently that a city-based businessman spent Rs 31 lakh for KL 01 CK 1. Thiruvananthapuram: ‘KL 01’ denotes more than a registration number for city residents. ‘TVM 001’ number plate might surprise you at Brisbane, Australia. Now Nayar is planning to secure ‘TRIVANDRUM’ as number plate for his next vehicle if no one has taken it so far.

Thiruvananthapuram: ‘KL 01’ denotes more than a registration number for city residents. It is only recently that a city-based businessman spent Rs 31 lakh for KL 01 CK 1. Now a group of youngsters in foreign countries are giving Thiruvananthapuram flavour by customizing their vehicles’ license tags.Special vehicles numbers can be obtained in some foreign countries by paying extra money. ‘KL 01 TVM’ license tag can be spotted in Indiana and Virginia in the US. ‘TVM 001’ number plate might surprise you at Brisbane, Australia. If you come across any numbers such as ‘KL 1’ and ‘TRIVANDRUM’, you can immediately guess that there is a Thiruvananthapuram guy behind it.A resident of the US, Vishak Cherian, who hails from the city, began using customized license tag ‘KL 01 TVM’ a year ago. “I applied by paying $60 extra to Indiana state vehicle department. My friend Nithin Dharan got inspired seeing my license plate and he claimed the same from Virginia state,” Cherian said.Noticing the trend, Cherian, who is also admin of Facebook group ‘Trivandrum – Let’s make our city best’ posted the picture of his vehicle and urged others too to post theirs. Within hours, nearly half a dozen people posted pictures of their vehicles, which have ‘KL 01’, ‘TVM’ or ‘TRV’ or ‘TRIVANDRUM’ on the number plates.Nishanth Nayar, logistic co-ordinator at Brisbane Australia, spent $ 525 for ‘TVM 001’ for his vehicle. Now Nayar is planning to secure ‘TRIVANDRUM’ as number plate for his next vehicle if no one has taken it so far. “Of course the reason behind is the love and passion for Thiruvananthapuram. This is what people like me could do to brand our city,” Nayar said.“Normal number plates start with three numbers and three letters. You can personalize them with whatever you want by paying the amount,” he said.“Malayali or non-Malayali, whoever sees my car license plate, have started recognizing the concept in a glance. There has been incidents where many asking me ‘where in Trivandrum?’ Also my American colleagues who notice my number plate either asks me or Google and get themselves informed about the speciality behind the number. I wish every Malayali outside India should make use of this opportunity to showcase their cities in whichever platform they can,” he said.

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