Traffic police along with Sakchi police on Wednesday embarked on a four-hour long drive at the Subernarekha link Road (near District Collectorate and Jubilee Park gate), Sakchi roundabout, Tank Road and Sakchi and picked up nearly 50 vehicles parked illegally alongside different roads in Sakchi.
Despite series of campaign it seems the citizens of the city are simply not bothered with the ‘no parking’ signs put up all along the main roads. Concerned over the prevailing situation, the traffic police embarked upon a drive in which vehicles stationed on ‘No Parking’ zones are simply towed away with crane to ease the flow of traffic.
Traffic DSP Vivekanand Thakur said that they have been getting complaints on traffic menace due to illegal parking. On request the department received a crane from Jusco for this purpose and would be using it daily against illegal parking taking place in main roads and creating traffic bottlenecks and congestion. Vehicles at no-parking areas with their operator or driver nowhere in sight were towed away in a crane to the Sakchi police station and were released with a fine of Rs 500 (as per MVI rules) after checking of other vehicles documents. Jamshedpur city SP, Prabhat Kumar said that they would be carrying out similar drives in other commercial hubs like Bistupur in near future. “We are concerned over the situation and want to make sure that there on no traffic congestion on the roads. We are using police department’s crane to tow away the vehicles. We will be continuing with our drive against parking violators on this busy stretch at least for a week so that there is a sense of fear against people,” said an official.
The traffic police have adopted a new strategy against parking violators, while it pasted prosecution slips on those vehicles whose owners/operators were found nearby while those vehicles found parked in prohibited areas without any sight of the operator or driver were towed away in a crane.
Another official said that vehicles, be it a four-wheeler or a two-wheeler, queued up in a cluttered is a common sight in the city.
However with the towing of vehicles they are hopeful to teach the people civic sense. Unauthorised parking has become a major concern for traffic police and repeated special drives have been launched to provide free movement.
As part of tough measures to regulate traffic, Jamshedpur Police have also received wheel lockers to clamp wheels of vehicles at no parking zones.
As per the plans, only after paying the fine with the traffic police, the vehicles — be it two, three or four wheelers — can be moved away from the spot. Any attempts to move the vehicle by the owner/driver with the lock may damage the tyres.