Mangaluru to get four tiger towing vehicles: DCP
DCP Hanumantharaya in phone-in programme
Mangaluru, June 22: Deputy Commissioner of Police Hanumantharaya said that as the instances of haphazard parking of vehicles on the roads are increasing considerably in the city, shortly four tiger towing vehicles would be pressed into action in the city.
Responding to the public phone calls at the 80th Phone-in programme at the Police Commissioner’s office here on Friday, the DCP said that if those vehicles were added to the department, it would ease the burden. The department has already called tender for thrice, but did not get proper response. Now, it has decided to get the fresh towing vehicles and fresh tender process is on, he said.
When a caller Vinayak appealed the DCP to take action as vehicle owners park their vehicles on the road from PVS Circle to Bunts Hostel Circle, another caller Shailesh said that as vehicles are being parked on either side of the road in front of restaurant in Kadri, the people were facing inconvenience. Responding to their problem, the DCP directed the traffic police to book cases against those who park their vehicles at No Parking areas and on roads.
Another caller Jagadeesh from Perera Kaikamba said that for the last four days, the only private bus is not plying on Perera- Kaikamba route and this has caused problem to the passengers. Moreover, the place has schools and colleges. But the vehicles use high decibel sounds and it is disturbing the students, he said.
He would inform the RTO on bus problem. All public utility vehicles owners were strictly directed not to use more than 60 decibel sound in commercial places and 55 decibel sound in residential places. He also directed the traffic police to seize the vehicles which cause sound pollution between 10 pm and 6 am.
Another person Nagaraj complained that Yekkur junction has Kendriya Vidyalaya and other education institutions. But the road does not have the speed breakers. This might cause problems for the students, he said.
However, another person Shobha Nayak said that city bus conductors blowing whistles while school children getting on to the bus and alighting due to which, the bus moves. This would invite danger and action should be taken against such practices, she said.
The DCP asked the RTO officers to take action against this problem.
On the traffic congestion and inconvenience on the highway due to the construction of flyover and Pumpwell and Thokkottu circles, the DCP said that a meeting was already conducted on the issue and the company has given assurance of completing the work soon.
Raviraj from Byndoor called and demanded action against those who sell illicit liquor near the Mahalingeshwara temple. But the DCP said that as Byndoor is coming under the jurisdiction of Udupi district, he would speak to SP Nimbargi.
Total 18 complaints regarding bus service, roads, traffic movement, solar lights and others were received from Kottara Chowki, Honnakatte, Kulai, Kankanady, Kulashekara, Hampankatta, Kudupu, Padil, Mangaladevi and other places.
Traffic ACP Manjunath Shetty, police officers P Yogeshwar, Sunil Kumar HT, Thimmaraju, Purushottam B and others were present.
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SC directs President's secretary to place before her Beant assassination convict's mercy plea
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday directed President Droupadi Murmu's secretary to place before her the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995 assassination case of then Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, for consideration.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai, P K Mishra and K V Viswanathan requested the President to consider the plea within two weeks.
"Inspite of the matter being specifically kept today none appeared for Union of India. The bench assembled only for this case," the bench said.
"On the last date the matter was adjourned to enable the Union to take instructions from the office of the President as to by when will mercy plea be decided. Taking into consideration that the petitioner is on a death row, we direct the secretary to the President of India to place the matter before the President with a request to consider the same within two weeks from today," the bench said.
The matter will now be heard on December 5.
On September 25, the top court had sought responses from the Centre, the Punjab government and the administration of the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Rajoana's plea.
The then Punjab chief minister and 16 others were killed in a blast at the entrance of the civil secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.
A special court sentenced Rajoana to death in July 2007.
Rajoana has said that a mercy petition under Article 72 of the Constitution was moved by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on his behalf in March 2012.
On May 3 last year, the apex court had refused to commute his death sentence and said the competent authority could deal with his mercy plea.
