Kerala govt decides to remove red beacon lights

In tune with the Centre's decision, the CPI-M led LDF government in Kerala today decided to do away with red becon lights from the official vehicles of Chief Minister, Ministers and others in the state. A decision in this regard was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here, an official release said.
It was also resolved to display registeration number plates of the vehicles used by state Ministers instead of the existing practice of giving numbers such as 1,2,3 etc. However, the emergency vehicles such as ambulance and fire force and police are allowed to use becon lights, the release said.

State Governor P Sathasivam and Leaer of the Opposition in the Assembly Ramesh Chennithala have already removed the red beacons from their official cars in April 20.
Their action came a day after the union cabinet took the decision to do away with the VIP culture by removing beacon lights from all vehicles, including that of Prime Minister, from May 1.