Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Nov 10: During the phone-in programme held at the office of the city police commissioner here on Friday November 9, police commissioner, T R Suresh, asked his personnel to peel off the sun film coating of window glasses of vehicles instead of continuing to impose fines. He noted that there has been an increase in the number of cars and other vehicles using tint films.
He said that as per a Supreme Court order, tinted glasses are not allowed in vehicles. He noted that since long, the practice of imposing fine on such vehicles has been in vogue in the city commissionerate limits, duly adding that there is gradual increase in the number of vehicles fined for tinted glasses from 6,348 in the year 2016 to 9,115 between April and October this year. "This indicates that imposing of fines has not deterred the vehicle owners. Therefore, you should remove the films," he told the police personnel.
About the complaint that autorickshaws in Suratkal area are not operating on the basis of meters, he asked the officials to check the same. He also asked people having such complaints to provide registration number of such three-wheelers to either the police control room or officials. When a caller said that over 15 motor bikes which are parked every morning on the left side of Baiturli Junction and remain there till evening create problems for the passengers who want to cross the roads and other road users, the commissioner asked traffic police to verify the complaint and take action.
The commissioner promised to handle problems like stacking of stones by the roadside at Jalligudde Jayanagara and defacing the beauty of the city by exhibiting stickers and poster and thus nullifying efforts put by organizations like Ramakrishna Mission to keep the city clean. The commissioner also asked officials to verify the complaint about huge vehicles blocking the road and conducting loading and unloading work near School Book Company at Car Street here.
The commissioner said that no contract carriage bus is allowed to enter the city limits from 8 am to 8 pm and instructed officials to take action against the vehicles violating this ban. He said that this operation will continue till all such vehicles stop entering the city.
Other issues which were raised during the programme included haphazard parking near hotels, schools, parking of buses on roads inside the city, barricades that have scattered all over the place which create problems for the people etc.
During the phone-in programme where deputy commissioners of police, Hanumantharaya and Uma Prashanth assistant commissioner of police, Manjunath Shetty, inspectors, Amanulla, A Shivaprakash and Gurudath Kamath as well as some other officials were present, 29 calls were handled.