Embossed Number Plate System in Nepal: A Costly, Inconvenient, and Ineffective Failure?

29th August 2025, Kathmandu

Even as Nepal’s major highways and border routes reel under floods, landslides, and chronic neglect, the government has remained fixated on enforcing an embossed number plate system for vehicles, a move that continues to draw criticism from consumers, transport operators, and rights groups.