MUMBAI: In a special crackdown on traffic offenders early Sunday, Mumbai Police took action against more than 1,800 motorists.
The five-hour-long special drive was carried out across the city, and nakabandis were set up at 107 locations.
Giving details of the drive, police said it was conducted between 12:05 am and 5 am. Over 6,300 vehicles were examined, and cases under various sections of the Motor Vehicles Act were registered against 1,831 motorists. Police also booked 70 motorists for drunk driving. Besides this, 28 autorickshaws were seized for violations.
The drive was carried out under the supervision of Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar, Special Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, and Joint Commissioner, Law and Order, Satyanarayan Chaudhary.
A large crowd of people, mostly youngsters, gathered outside Bandra Police Station in the early hours while police action was ongoing against traffic offenders. The gates of the police station were subsequently closed to prevent the crowd from barging in. Earlier, Mumbai Police took action against 2,099 auto drivers and seized 426 autos for violating traffic rules. The special drive commenced on November 29. Police cracked down on auto drivers driving without a valid licence, uniform, badge, fitness certificate, refusing to ply, plying more than capacity, soliciting passengers, etc.
Police said such drives would continue in the future. Citizens can report traffic violations on the police emergency number 100.
Traffic cops recover Rs 17.2crore pending fines through Lok Adalat
The Mumbai Traffic Police recovered Rs 17.26 crore in pending fines from motorists through a Lok Adalat on Saturday.
Police said around 2.3 lakh motorists paid up pending fines.
Notices about the Lok Adalat were sent in advance to motorists owing dues to the traffic department.
Appeals were made to them to clear their dues online, or else appear before the Lok Adalat. Billboards about the Lok Adalat were also put up on arterial roads for awareness.
“We want to appeal to motorists to clear pending challans on time, otherwise legal process will follow,” said a senior police official.
