The police launched a drive to redress the traffic congestion in the district headquarter Pauri on Wednesday.
In the first phase the police enforced one-way traffic in designated areas and removed vehicles no parking zones announced by the district administration. The police penalised owners of 68 vehicles on the first day of the drive being headed by CO GR Verma.
The Pauri Kotwali inspector VD Uniyal said that the drive to redress chronic traffic congestion will continue in the future. In the first phase the one way system from bus station- Dhara road - upper bazaar to Agency will be enforced strictly.
The no parking zone from Dhara Road to Agency will also be strictly enforced. The police first warned the vehicle owners to remove the vehicles from the prohibited area on the public address system and then penalised 23 vehicles which were found parked there. The police penalised the owners of these vehicles Rs 200 to Rs 500 and warned them to desist from repeating the offence.
The police also penalised 45 vehicles including 14 four wheelers and sent the cases to the court with the request that the defaulters be fined Rs 5000.Uniyal said that the joint drive of Police, district administration and municipal council will be launched against encroachment.
The police has requested the municipal council to mark the encroachment, so that in the drive the minor encroachment can be removed with the help of the encroachers and the major encroachments can be demolished in presence of the sub divisional magistrate.
The citizens are hoping that the initiative of the authorities will not fizzle out but succeed in achieving the desired level of civic facilitation and order in the city.