With the overcrowded cities of India, the increasing number of cars and shrinking road space causes massive jams on a daily basis. Bangalore is such city that faces choked roads and slow moving traffic. With the limited space on the roads, the Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) has come up with a new idea to ensure decongestion of the roads.
According to a recent report by the Bangalore Mirror, the traffic police department in Bangalore will start issuing fines for owners who left their cars on the roads. Owners who have left their broken vehicles on a road will have to pay a fine of Rs 50 per hour, which is to be given at Rs. 1200 per day or Rs 36,000 per month. Police will impose traffic fines after calculating total hours.
P Harishkarn, the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) said, “A lot of vehicles which are not in working condition are left on the main roads. These vehicles should be immediately sent to a garage or sold to scrap dealers if they can’t be repaired. Leaving these vehicles in public places will cause obstruction to the movement of traffic. Taking this into consideration, we have started a drive against abandoned vehicles and have started towing them away after sending them several notices. From now on we are planning to send them a notice asking them to pay Rs 50 on an hourly basis,”
New rules are applicable to all types of vehicles. It includes government vehicles, BMTC buses, BBMP buses, and even trucks. The traffic police said that the majority of vehicles that are towed by the traffic police in the city are abandoned vehicles that are of no use to the owners. Applying such a penalty will ensure that no vehicle will be left on public roads, which affects the activity of the traffic. It should be noted that if the police decide to remove the vehicle, then additional towing charges will be added to the owner on an hourly basis. It is according to Section 201 of the Motor Vehicles Act. Since the Bangalore Police has started its operations, we can expect the fines to be issued on the vehicle owners in the coming days.
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