Kathmandu, Nov. 26 -- Following the Gen Z protests of September 8 and 9, the government's decision to make embossed number plates mandatory in all registered vehicles has been put on hold even before the announced policy could come into force.

General Manager Rajeev Pokharel of the Department of Transport Management says that the department will not be able to provide this service for at least another six months, as the entire system for installing embossed number plates and the plant that produced the plates were damaged in arson during the Gen Z revolt.

"We had already dispatched embossed number plates to the provincial offices, but as the entire system has been damaged, having only the plates is not enough to install them," Pokharel ...