From New 12 months, the Surat police has determined to file FIR in opposition to common visitors violators as House Minister Harsh Sanghavi urged to implement stricter actions in opposition to the offenders.
“We’ve knowledge of e-challans issued to visitors rule violators. We’ll kind out common offenders and register offences in opposition to them with involved police stations,” Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut advised The Indian Categorical. Till now, the offenders had been solely penalised.
The transfer comes after Sanghavi, on Monday night, held a gathering with Surat police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut, District Collector Dr Sourabh Pardhi, Surat Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agrawal, and Surat RTO officers asking them to implement the foundations in place and penalise the offenders. Stricter implementation of helmet guidelines had been additionally mentioned on the assembly.
“From January to December 2024, we now have given a listing to Surat RTO about 13,631 people who find themselves discovered to be common offenders of visitors guidelines and have requested them to cancel their driving licences. The RTO has, until date, cancelled 1,248 driving licences,” stated Amita Vanani, Deputy Commissioner of Surat Visitors police.
Nevertheless, she assured that the RTO officers will hear the offenders earlier than cancelling the licences. “The officers will take heed to the people and later take actions. From new yr onwards, we will even begin a drive in opposition to these bike riders who match silencers on their automobiles. We’ll seize their automobiles and can take out such modified silencers from their bikes,” the officer added.
Public spitters are additionally on the house minister’s radar, it’s learnt. The minister requested Surat Municipal Company (SMC) officers to offer particulars of normal offenders who spit in public. “We’ll coordinate with SMC officers and get knowledge from them and establish the common spitters and take authorized actions. SMC has put in CCTV cameras in public locations, together with gardens, exterior authorities workplaces and different locations. We will even use our CCTV cameras community to establish such spitters,” the commissioner stated.
In the meantime, DGP Vikas Sahay additionally urged police throughout districts to take strict authorized actions in opposition to organisers of New yr celebration occasions with out legitimate police permissions.
As well as, round 250 folks, along with 56 bootleggers, had been booked underneath Prohibition Act in a 10-hour drive till Tuesday morning by the Surat police in opposition to liquor consumption, stated Zone 4 Deputy Commissioner of Police, Vijay Singh Gurjar.
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