Campaigning against illegal mining, over loading and other such factors which lead to the cases of road accidents, three trucks were seized late night on Saturday by Patel Nagar police as drivers of all three trucks could not present their driving license. One dumper was seized by Sahaspur police for overloading and one truck was seized from Raipur area as the truck was found at the time of no-entry. Also, under the supervision of Circle Officer (CO) Dalanwala one dumper was seized for overloading near Jhajra and drivers of three others were issued challan under the Motor Vehicles Act for not providing satisfactory paper work.
Soon after the intensive checking campaign of vehicles inside the district boundaries, dumpers and vehicles involved in illegal mining stopped coming, which according to the police appears to have stopped because someone informed them about the checking. Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Arun Mohan Joshi ordered that a team under Special Operations Group (SOG) in charge should identify these people who have transferred the information so that strict actions can be taken against them.
In the state from the month January to May this year, for red light jumping, over loading in goods carriers, taking passengers in goods carriages, driving under the influence of liquor and speaking on the phone while driving 43,119 challans were issued by both police and transport department. Last year in the corresponding time period 41,999 challans were issued by both the departments.
In Dehradun district from January to May this year, 22,696 recommendations were filed 8,354 were still pending as of May 2019. Out of these recommendations 9800 were found unqualified, 2291 cases were mitigated and 1994 cases were sent to the court.
It is pertinent to mention here that on July 11, a 15-year old girl was killed while going to school on Shimla Bypass road at Badowala. She was hit by a dumper, which was being driven fast from the opposite direction. The dumper was operating at the time of no-entry, for which the victim’s family and locals accused the police of negligence. After the incident Director General (law and order) instructed the then Dehradun SSP to fix responsibility of those who permitted the said vehicle to operate in no-entry zone. After the incident Dehradun district police has been conducting continuous drive against heavy vehicles operating in no-time zone.