A total of 23 commercial drivers were found to be ineligible for driving their vehicles during a free health and eye test camp conducted by the Dehradun police on directions of Senior Superintendent of police Nivedita Kukreti at six different places in the district on Sunday. According to the police, to put a check on road accidents, the free camps for commercial drivers were organised on the SSP’s direction at Garhwal Terrace Mall Road Mussoorie; Vidhan Sabha crossing bus stand; Transport Nagar, Patelnagar; Selaqui SIIDCUl, near Dehradun Airport, Doiwala and Natraj Chowk at Rishikesh in the district.
A total of 470 commercial vehicle drivers had attended the camps and 23 of them were found to be ineligible for driving their vehicles. Those who failed in the eye test have been directed to get their eyes treated properly before driving their vehicles. Drivers have filled a form taking oath to abstain from drunken driving, over speeding, overloading and abstaining from using mobile phone while driving. As per the available report, 36 commercial drivers got their eyes tested at Garhwal terrace mall road, Mussoorie while 54 were tested at Vidhan Sabha crossing; 51 at Transport Nagar, 75 at Selaqui, 100 at Doiwala and 154 at Natraj Chowk.