Pauri District Superintendent of Police, Rajeev Swaroop has instructed police officers in all police stations not to forcefully ask any questions to persons who help road accident victims. Action will be taken against the police officer concerned in case samaritans are forced to answer questions by the police, he stressed.
Addressing the media, Swaroop said that these instructions have been issued under the directions of the Supreme Court and State Government for protecting the good Samaritans who come to the aid of road accident victims. Any registered Government or private hospital cannot deny admittance to such victims and there is provision for action against the hospital or doctor concerned in case they refuse to provide medical aid to accident victims, said the SP.
Stressing on the importance of effective enforcement of traffic regulations, Swaroop said that the police drive targeting traffic violators that was launched on November 1 has resulted in issuance of 2412 chalans in Pauri, Srinagar and Kotdwar with `25,9250 in total collected in penalty within one week.
He informed that white-lines are being painted on both sides of the roads to enable parking of vehicles outside the white lines on the roadsides. This measure is being taken to address the lack of parking space and will be facilitated till permanent parking arrangements are made.
He said that action will be taken under the Uttarakhand Police Act 2007 against the individual, contractor or institution concerned responsible for causing obstructing to traffic by placing construction materials on the roads. All police stations have been instructed to take prompt action in such cases.
The SP further informed that the police was also acting against the supply and sale of narcotics especially hard drugs like smack in the district. Four cases have been registered against four persons with 10 grams smack and 90 grams hashish being seized in Kotdwar in the first week of November.
In addition to this the checking of the vehicles from outside the State has also been started at lakshmanjhula-Yamkeshwar-Dugadda motor road to curb the smuggling of liquor and narcotics to lansdowne, which is also a popular tourist destination.
Swaroop also said that the police control room number 9411112974 has been linked with WhatsApp and citizens can also lodge their complaint with the police on this number. The monitoring of complaints will be done every day, he added.