Taking cognisance of a letter written by Director General of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) Safi Alam regarding the insensitivity and lacklustre approach of the Gautam Budh Nagar traffic police, Additional DGP (traffic) AKD Dwivedi has put the city traffic police under close monitoring.
Around a dozen traffic police personnel have been issued warning and departmental notice has been served against those found wanting while on duty.
It may be recalled that Alam had written a terse letter to the DGP of Uttar Pradesh regarding the appalling traffic management in the city. Since the issue was raised by a senior Indian Police Service officer, it created an impact and city police brass went into a huddle to take corrective measures to iron out its inadequacies.
The Traffic Department has decided to check whether the concerned policeman is present at his place of duty on the given time so that they could minimise the irregularities committed by them. It has also been planned that a senior officer will brief 25 constables, 10 head constables and traffic Sub-Inspectors after an interval of two to three days. The officials have also made it amply clear exemplary punishment will be meted out to those found involved in malpractices.
“As we are facing criticism for poor traffic control, we are doing every conceivable thing to improve the existing traffic scenario. It has been made clear to all those posted with the city traffic police unit to tighten their belts and perform their duties or be ready to face action,” said a senior police official. When asked about his comments about the abysmal traffic management in the city, AKD Dwivedi said that he has put the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Gautam Budh Nagar on notice over this issue. “I have issued instructions that the district traffic police should improve and perform upto the optimum level. I have also asked the SSP that the rank and file in the district traffic police should be told in clear terms that maintaining sanity of the roads was their responsibility and there should be no glitches in the vehicular movement on city roads," said the ADGP.