Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Jammu and Kashmir Traffic Police today challaned a CRPF vehicle for violating the fundamental rules of traffic at Dalgate area here today.
“The vehicle was plying in the wrong lane hence causing a traffic jam at the busy Dalgate Chowk,” said a senior official of the Traffic department.
The Traffic Department has uploaded the video of the incident on their Facebook page.
The Traffic Police has also issued an advisory to all the government departments to have all the necessary documents whenever their vehicles are plying on roads. It will include the documents of the vehicles and the license of drivers with pollution certificates.
Meanwhile, Traffic Police Srinagar in a statement said that in its special drive, it has booked 104 auto-rickshaw drivers for plying without mechanical digital meters and seized 10 auto-rickshaws for not having proper documents. “Out of the 104 booked auto-rickshaws, 88 were fined, while as 16 were given court challan and a fine to the tune of Rs 9600 was collected from the violators,” the statement read
An official from the department said that “auto rickshaw drivers have to install a mechanical digital meter and have to wear a proper uniform as per the Transport Commissioner and State Transport Authority J&K Srinagar notifications, otherwise legal action under law against the violators shall continue.”
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