Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, VP Singh Badnore on Monday asked Chandigarh Traffic Police to be tough with law breaking youngsters who drive vehicles in a careless manner.
Addressing a gathering at the closing of 28th National Road Safety Week, Badnore expressed concern over the rise in accidents in the city in which mostly the teenagers are involved because of drunken driving and carelessly driven vehicles.
He asked the Driving licence Issuing Authority to minutely check and verify the antecedents before issuing the licenses, especially to the youth who were being given the licenses first time after attaining qualifying age.
Badnore also urged the Chandigarh Police not to succumb to any pressures from anybody, including the senior officers, where catching up of the violators and law breakers are concerned.
The Administrator released the Calendar 2017 of the Chandigarh Traffic Police and presented the awards to the officers who have performed exceptionally well during week long celebrations of the Road Safety Week.
The officers who were honoured at the function included, Iish Singhal, SSP, Krishan Kumar DSP Central, Rajiv Kumar DSP South, Yashpal Vinayak, DSP Administration, Inspector Dilsher Singh, Inspector Kapil Dev., Inspector Ashwani Kumar, lady Inspector Paramjit Sekhon and Inspector Ranjeet Singh Dhillon.
Badnore also gave away prizes to the winners of painting competitions which was held as a part of the week long celebrations of 28th National Road Safety Week.