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Traffic Safety

Over 1,100 traffic challans in Noida on Holi; hefty fines for stunts

Owners of more than 1,100 vehicles, including cars and two-wheelers, landed in the police net over violation of various road safety norms across Noida and Greater Noida on Holi, police officials said on Thursday. Around 30 vehicles were impounded and owners of at least five of them penalised hefty amounts ranging between Rs 17,000 to Rs 33,000 for "stunts" and recklessness like car occupants hanging from the windows, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Anil Kumar Yadav said. "Throughout Wednesday, around 475 traffic police personnel including inspectors, sub-inspectors and constables remained on duty across Gautam Buddh Nagar to keep a check on violations of rules, the officer said. He said 650 challans were issued for two-wheeler rides without helmet, 265 for triple-riding, 75 each for drunk driving and wrong-side driving, while 25 car owners were penalised for having black films on their windows. Another 25 vehicle owners were penalised for not being able to produce documents,

Updated On : 09 Mar 2023 | 3:34 PM IST

Maximum road accidents in Delhi take place on Friday night: Report

In the last three years, 1,597 people have lost lives on the weekend, between Friday and Sunday

Updated On : 08 Feb 2023 | 10:52 AM IST

Centre asks states to remove encroachments from national highways

The Centre has asked states to remove encroachments from national highways as it is a matter of grave concern for traffic management and operations and future upgradation projects. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in a letter to states said the Control of National Highways (Land & Traffic) Act, 2002 has empowered the National Highway (NH) officers to take action against encroachments, but still there are a lot of encroachments on NH land. "It has been brought to the notice of the ministry that national highways are being encroached upon by dhabas, vegetable sellers, etc. "...field units may be adequately sensitised to prevent encroachments on national highways and launch periodical drives to remove all sorts of encroachments from NH land," it said. "The ministry noted that encroachment of NH land whether of permanent nature or of a temporary nature is a matter of grave concern for traffic management and operations and future upgradation projects," it said.

Updated On : 09 Nov 2022 | 5:34 PM IST

Enable GPS on ambulances, establish control room for traffic management: HC

The High Court of Karnataka has directed the authorities to install GPS tracking systems on ambulances in the State to enable them to travel uninterrupted in traffic. A division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale gave this direction after hearing a petition by 'Bharat Punaruttana Trust'. The High Court then adjourned the hearing by three weeks. All the ambulances in Karnataka have to be enabled with GPS tracking systems and they should also be regularly monitored, the court has said. The government was directed to issue necessary circulars in this regard to ambulance owners and manufacturers so that both government and private ambulances are enabled with Global Positioning System (GPS). The court also directed for the establishment of a control room for the management of ambulances. The control rooms should be able to control the traffic on the roads while ambulances are travelling. The tender process for the same should be commenced at the earliest,