A vehicle checking drive was conducted by Ranchi, District Transport Officer, Praveen Prakash on Tuesday at Ratu, Daladali, Ring Road and Kanke area of the district from 08:00 am to 04:00 pm. A total of 124 vehicles were checked during vehicle checking.
Tax defaulters, overloaded vehicles, vehicles without pollution proof, without permit, without helmet and other vehicle related documents, besides checking vehicles registered outside the state of Jharkhand which are being operated under Ranchi were fined during the drive. The documents of all the vehicles were checked by the personnel of the office one by one. A fine of Rs 3,83,480 was collected from a total of 34 vehicles like goods vehicles, highways, two wheelers, autos and others.
During investigation, tax failure of 06 vehicles was found. Such vehicles have been seized and kept at Ratu police station.
Prakash appealed to the vehicle owners to keep the documents related to the vehicle with them and keep all the documents updated while operating the vehicle. He also instructed to follow the traffic rules. He said that wearing helmets while driving two wheelers and following traffic rules has reduced road accidents.
Till October 2022, 360 people died and 364 were injured in a total of 551 road accidents in Ranchi district. In the year 2021 till December, 448 people had lost their lives in a total of 644 road accidents. The District Transport Officer expressed hope that following the traffic rules, there would be further reduction in the number of road accidents in future.