Kanwaljit Walia, who runs a popular catering business splurged a whopping Rs 8.1 lakh on a VIP number plate - CH01BC 0001 - for his newly bought Activa scooty, which is worth Rs 50,000. Walia made the highest bid at an auction conducted by Chandigarh's Registration and Licensing Authority over the weekend.
The VIP number '0001' is the most sought after number plate and people are ready to spend anything between Rs 70,000 and Rs10 lakh. NS Shergill, a farmer-turned-realtor paid the record price in 2010.
Walia spent additional Rs 2,60,000 for buying the special numbers CH01BC 0011 and CH01BC 0026 for his son's new bike and for his third SUV, respectively.
Walia, whose father was the founding president of the Chandigarh taxi union told NDTV that he has inherited his father’s passion for VIP numbers.
Chandigarh’s craze for VIP numbers is well-known and that is helping the local licensing authorities, who earned Rs 77.71 lakh this year.
In fact last year, the city’s licensing authorities made a record haul of Rs 98.7 lakh in just two days after the launch of the CH-01-AX series.
