Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 19: To make aware the drivers, motorists and transporters about the traffic rules, an awareness drive was conducted by traffic police here today.
The drive was conducted in the presence of SSP Traffic Rural Jammu Vinay Kumar along with the other officers of department.
Speaking on the occasion, SSP Traffic Rural Jammu said that the main objective of conducting the awareness drive was to aware the transporters and the general public that 66 traffic court challans of 2021, 6033 challans of 2022 and 35079 challans of 2023 imposed upon traffic violators in the jurisdiction of Traffic Rural Jammu are still lying indisposed in the Courts. As such all the motorists/vehicle operators whose Challans are lying pending in the Traffic Courts shall get them disposed at an to avoid legal action.”
To avoid the cancellation/suspension of vehicle documents, the participants were advised that all kind of PSVs / private vehicle operators shall remit the court challan fine within stipulated time under the provisions of MV Act/rule in the various Courts otherwise the court will cancel or suspend the DLs and route permits.
He further advised the participants that the PSV/ HMV/LMV operators shall refrain all visible traffic violations especially from drunken driving, overloading , unnecessary halting of vehicles on the NHW which occupies the space and lead to inconvenience to other road users and cause accidents.
The SSP claimed that Traffic Police Rural Jammu has left no stone unturned to check/ take note of all the traffic related violations in order to avoid the traffic chaos on NHW and accidents. General public and all the PSV operators shall follow the traffic rules for their own safety and cooperate with Traffic Police.
He further said that enforcement drives will get more stringent in coming days for which directions had already been given to the field formations for strict implementation of traffic rules in their area of responsibility and violators shall be dealt accordingly under the amended Motor Vehicle Act 2019.
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