Mangaluru: Crackdown on excessively bright vehicle headlights within Commissionerate limits
Mangaluru: In an ongoing operation targeting vehicles equipped with harsh and intense headlamps, the Mangaluru police have registered 1,170 cases and collected penalties totaling ₹5,86,500 within the City Commissionerate limits. This initiative, which began on July 15, aims to improve road safety by enforcing regulations on vehicle lighting.
According to a press release from the city police on Wednesday, the operation initially focused on raising public awareness about the dangers of using excessively bright headlights. Police have targeted vehicles exceeding headlight limits, those with altered headlights, additional LED bulbs, harsh and brighter lights, and the use of high beams on all roads. Offending drivers have been warned as part of the enforcement effort. Mangaluru Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal confirmed that the special operation would continue to ensure compliance.
Under the Motor Vehicles Act of 1989, vehicles must adhere to specific headlight regulations set by their manufacturers. Additional decorative lights and harsh LED bulbs are prohibited, and high beams are not permitted on national and state highways within the Mangaluru commissionerate limits where street lamps are present. Furthermore, motorcycles and auto-rickshaws are limited to one or two headlights, while vehicles with four or more wheels may only use two or four headlights.
The regulations also stipulate that the beam of dimmer light emitted from vehicle headlamps should not appear harsh to the eyes of a person sitting in a vehicle eight meters away, and the right headlight beam should not be harsh to someone sitting in a vehicle five meters away.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
