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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Mar 2: "A special operation will be conducted in the city against no registration number plates on the vehicle, blaring horn, use of tinted glasses above the permissible tint percentage limit, and parking of vehicle in no parking area," said police commissioner of the city Sandeep Patil.
Patil was responding to the queries of citizens of the city in the police phone-in programme that was held at his office on Friday, March 1.
A caller said that some street lights are not burning in Lalbagh, Laydhill and Hathill areas of the city. Some youths scream under the influence of alcohol while driving their cars on weekend days and disturb the local residents. In addition, they party and throw the garbage on the road side, which is causing inconvenience to the residents of the nearby apartments. Responding to this complaint, the commissioner said that this will be considered seriously and action will be taken under the Karnataka police act.
A citizen complained that pedestrians are unable to walk on the footpath near Pandeshwar Vidyarthi Bhavan because of the vendors selling juice and eatables on the footpath itself. The commissioner assured of suitable action.
A concerned caller said that in many buses, trucks and other heavy vehicles indicator lights, break lights and reflectors are not lighting. This poses danger to the vehicles following these heavy vehicles from behind and leads to accidents. The commissioner asked the president of the Bus Owners' association to take corrective action and also informed the RTO also to look into the matter.
A caller suggested making the PVS circle in the city signal free like the Bejai circle. The commissioner said that they will investigate on this matter and take necessary action. The commissioner also assured that all the Zebra crossings in the city will be painted.
Commissioner suggests use of Twitter
"Twitter will play an important role in solving the traffic emergencies in the city. This is more transparent too. This is in use in cities like Bengaluru. In Mangaluru also twitter account system should be made popular," suggested new Commissioner of Police (CP) Sandeep Patil.
Other issues highlighted during the programme
*Locals are getting disturbed due to the large numbers of domestic dogs in area behind the Sharada Vidyalaya at Kodialbail
*Vehicle are being parked on both sides of the road at Mannagudda
*Only two buses are plying from Suratkal to Krishnapura in the morning. Afterwards the service gets stalled
*Route no 4D bus is not coming to Shivabagh
*Locals are facing inconvenience due to the parking of College vehicles in Shivanagar road of Pandeshwar
*Traffic is being blocked on the stretch between PVS junction and Bunts Hostel due to the parking of contract carriage buses that ply to Bengaluru etc on both the sides
*In some cold storage shops chemicals are being mixed to soft drinks. This is injurious to health
This was the 107th police phone-in programme and 17 calls were received.
Vehicles parked in 'No Parking' zones to be towed
The towing vehicle that will tow the vehicles that are parked in No Parking zone in the city has arrived in the city and is with the Traffic police department. It will be put into operation from March 2. The vehicles that are parked in the city in no parking zones will be towed and taken to respective police stations. The vehicle owners have to pay the specified fine and collect the vehicle back from the police. The amount of fine is Rs 1,600 for heavy vehicles, Rs 1,350 for LCVs, Rs 1,100 for light vehicles and Rs 750 for two-wheelers.
This information was given by police commissioner Sandeep Patil on Friday, March 1 after the police phone-in programme.