East Singhbhum traffic police on Wednesday launched a crackdown against unauthorised parking at Sakchi on its busiest road Sakchi-Kalimati Road. In two-hour long drive a crane was used to tow away illegally parked vehicles, which included 15 two-wheelers being towed away to the Sakchi police station.
Traffic DSP Vivekananda Thakur said that they had been towing away vehicles found parked in an unauthorised manner on busy arteries especially on Bistupur Main Road.
However, from Wednesday they started similar drive as we have engaged a crane specifically for Sakchi traffic police.
Earlier, a crane was kept at Bistupur police station and served areas near Bistupur.
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.
The traffic DSP further said that directives have been issued to all the five traffic police post officials to arrange for cranes and undertake similar towing exercise to reign in rogue parkers.
“We have asked our team to carry crackdown against rogue parkers at all the five traffic police posts at Jugsalai, Sakchi, Bistupur, Mango and Golmuri. Bistupur has been doing it and it began at Sakchi on Wednesday. Similar drive will begin at Golmuri, Mango and Jugsalai too,” noted Vivekananda Thakur.
The drive at Sakchi led by traffic inspector Piyush Kumar, along with some 10 traffic police constables on the four-lane Sakchi-Kalimati Road which witnesses a traffic volume of nearly a lakh vehicles on which prosecution slips were pasted.
On Day One of the drive, prosecution slips were pasted on nearly 20 vehicles while 15 vehicles were towed away and released after owners paid fines (Rs 500 for illegal parking as per MV Act).