Out of a total of 7,163 persons penalised under the ongoing vehicle checking drive by traffic police in State Capital in the last one week, maximum numbers of police personnel have been fined while Government officials remained on the second position followed by Press and Advocates. Talking to media persons at his office in Ranchi, Traffic SP Sanjay Ranjan Singh said a maximum of 304 police persons have been fined in the last one week since the drive has been started on September 18.
“Out of a total of 7,163 persons punished so far since the drive has been started in Ranchi from September 18 for various reasons, we have fined as many as 304 policemen, 181 government employees, 103 press persons and 59 advocates including 5162 others which could not be categorised under any head,” said the Traffic SP. A collection of `11,25,300 has also been done as fine in the last one week which got increased from `61,000 on the first day to `1,89,000 on September 27, he added.
“People will also have to go though breadth analyzers from Thursday as we have procured four such machines today,” said the SP. The drive will continue for indefinite period as some positive results have been noticed in the last one week, he added.
In a bid to create congestion Free State Capital, Traffic Police are to take stern action against the contractors who leave the debris on roads as it is, after digging it to get their work done. “FIR may also be lodged against them if they do not mend their ways,” he said.
Action will also be taken against the RMC vehicles blocking the roads in peak hours while picking up the garbage in the morning creating congestion on roads. A letter has already been issued to the RMC to cooperate with the Traffic police and pick up the garbage from collection points before 8 am,” said the SP.
Taking an initiative, the Traffic Police on Wednesday filled up the road at Pundag - Harmu by-pass to ensure smooth traffic movement.
To create awareness among the younger generation about traffic rules, Traffic Police have also started contacting one school a day. “Today, we went to DAV Nandraj, yesterday we had gone to St Francis School making the future riders aware of the traffic rules,” he said. Idea is to create an environment so that the situation could be kept under control, said the SP.
In order to provide smooth traffic movement during this festive season, 75 NCC cadets including 35 girls, will also be roped in to assist the traffic police in traffic management.
“After inducting a short training programme to all of them, they will be deputed on some of the selected posts on Sunday for exposure,” said the SP. Senior cadets of Ranchi College have also been contacted for the same purpose, he said. The SP said that e-Challan was also likely to be implemented from October 1.