Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 30: The Traffic Police charges Rs 100 per vehicle from Tata Sumos and other commercial vehicles for pasting two stickers on front and rear side of their vehicles, allege drivers of these commercial vehicles.
The drivers alleged that the traffic police have made it mandatory for them to purchase the two yellow or red coloured stickers from the traffic police by paying Rs 100. “If the same type and size of stickers are purchased from the market, it will not cost more than Rs 10 per piece, but the police have made it mandatory for us to purchase the sticker only from them by paying Rs 100,” said a group of Drivers of Sumo stand Number-2, Lal Chowk, Srinagar.
The stickers read, “Obey traffic rules, J&K Traffic Police”. The drivers said when they washed their vehicles, the slogan disappeared as they are substandard.
The drivers said the traffic police told them the validity of the sticker will be of six months and after that they have to purchase it afresh.
The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Traffic, Jagmeet Kumar, said that the department has asked the drivers to display a sticker attested by traffic police along with signature on their vehicles so that they can obey the traffic rules.
“We did this so that the vehicles are not stopped frequently for document check up by city traffic police,” DIG said.
He also said the Police Department was not charging money for the stickers and they are being distributed free of cost. “If anyone has been charged he must come to SP Traffic office and register a complaint against the police man and we will take action against the guilty”, he added.
DIG also said the stickers are singed by SP police after proper verification of documents to check unauthorized parking in the city by those drivers who are not associated with any Taxi stands here.
As per official records there are more than seven lakh vehicles registered in Jammu and Kashmir, out of which more than one lakh are commercial vehicles. In Srinagar city there are more than 5600 taxis registered with the Police Department.
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