In the wake of the fatal accident of an HR manager working with a software company in Noida last Friday, Traffic Police here has begun corrective measures.
The police have identified number of vulnerable points in the city where movements of heavy vehicles pose a threat to commuters. Traffic police have also started a special drive to stop traffic violation in and around the city and have prosecuted over a thousand in the last four days.
In a meeting, convened by Noida Authority on Tuesday evening, the officials decided to start a special drive to stop entry of heavy vehicles on all entry points throughout the day. The officials also planned to form special checking squads that will keep close vigil at various locations like Indian Oil round about,
City Centre crossing, Hoshiyarpur triangle, Model Town red-light and labour Chowk in the first phase and later some other points will also be included in it.
The officials agreed to install more CCTV cameras for keeping a close eye on vehicular movements at various traffic junctions of the city.
According to a senior traffic official, the recent move of the police has been initiated after a tragic incident of killing a 33-year-old manager of a private company. The victim was killed when iron rods protruding from a truck pierced into his body at Noida Sector-60.
"Keeping in view of the fatal accident, we have ordered traffic police to come down heavily on those vehicles which were found violating traffic rules, especially heavy vehicles. We have challaned nearly 50 trucks from Saturday onwards," said MP Singh, Superintendent of Police (Traffic), Noida.
"Apart from this 1,015 people have been prosecuted for over speeding, driving without helmet, driving without seat belt, black film, jumping signals and others by the department alone. Traffic department has generated a revenue of `56,100 from its special drive in last four days. We have also asked the RTO department to act on those vehicles which do not follow traffic guidelines properly," Singh added.