Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Mar 10: "Video recording will be done, case will be registered and strict action will be taken against people who drink alcohol and drive. In addition, video recording will be done of drivers of buses, trucks, cars, auto rickshaw, two-wheelers and all other vehicles, who violate traffic rules," said T R Suresh, police commissioner.
He was speaking in response to the calls of citizens of Mangaluru in the weekly 'Police phone-in programme' that took place on Friday, March 9.
Public alleged that there was no improvement in the behaviour of the private city bus personnel even after they were trained with regards to the driving and dealing with the public. Responding to this the commissioner said, "No notices will be issued in future. Video recording of the incidents will be done and cases will be registered based on the video,"
Replying to the query of spilling of water on the road by trucks carrying fish, the commissioner told that the arrangement will be made to check the fish trucks at the exit point at Old Bunder.
The commissioner also told that they have received several complaints with regards to the inconvenience caused to the residents of Balmatta New Road, due to the traffic rule of making Jyoti Junction-Falnir Balmatta New Road as one way. He assured that the traffic department will look into relaxing this rule.
One of the callers complained that NURM buses are not plying after 7.30 pm. The commissioner told that the same will be conveyed to the KSRTC officials to do the needful.
This was the 74th phone-in programme in which a total number of 32 calls were received.
Deputy commissioners of police, Hanumantharaya and Uma Prashanth, assistant commissioners of police, Manjunath Shetty and Valentine D'Souza, traffic police inspectors Shivaprakash, Kumaraswamy and Chandra, assistant sub-inspector Yousuf, head constable Purushothama, Rajavarma Ballal, president of Canara bus owners' association and joint secretary of Dakshina Kannada district bus owners' association, Ramachandra Pilar were present on the occasion.