Now, photographers would be deployed at major squares in the capital city to capture digital snaps of the errant vehicles.
According to the Bhubaneswar-II RTO SK Behera, the photographers would take pictures of the traffic and road safety violators such as persons using mobile phone while driving, parking in non-parking areas, buses and auto-rickshaws loading and unloading passengers on main roads and goods vehicle unloading goods on roads obstructing free flow of traffic.
The photographers would be paid Rs 50 for each photograph while the violators would be charged of Rs 1,000 for the offence. If he/she commits the offence for the third time then his/her licence would be cancelled for three months, said Behera at a Press conference. He said around 9,680 of major accidents occurred in Odisha in 2014-2015 resulting in 3,995 deaths and 12,000 major injuries. The fatality rate is 42 per cent. As per direction of State Transport Commissioner Dr CS Kumar, a special enforcement drive on violation of road safety has been launched since last two months.