Over 18 thousand cases of traffic violation booked in Mangaluru city in April
Data reveals over Rs. 23 lakh fines collected in 30 days
Mangaluru: Ever since Sandeep Patil took charge as the Commissioner of Mangaluru Police in late February this year, several changes were made in the traffic arrangements and regulations with the department looking for ways to improve the traffic management in the city.
In last two months several measures were undertaken, towing vehicles have been introduced for the first time in the city, vehicles checking at different points of the city has been beefed up and special instructions have been issued against several violations of traffic laws to curb the traffic menace.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati one month after taking the charge Patil had made it clear that it was “a very top-priority” for him to resolve the traffic grievances and had indicated that several measures would be taken in this regard in months to come.
According to the data provided by the Office of Deputy Commissioner (Traffic and Crime) to Vartha Bharati, over 18,000 cases of traffic violations have been booked and fine of over 23 lakh rupees have been collected in the month of April.
The data revealed that a total of 18,382 cases of traffic violation were booked in the month of April and fine collection in the month amounted to Rs. 23,20,150/-.
Nearly two thousand cases each were reported of violation of parking rules and driving two wheelers without helmet and fines worth nearly two lakhs were collected under each of the two categories. About one lakh thirty five thousand rupees were collected from the violators of speed limits of which 447 cases were reported.
The department has also initiated a crackdown on the drunken driving in the city over the last few months and in April 604 cases of drunken driving were booked.
Among other major violations reported in the month 2047 cases were reported when the pillion rider on the two wheeler were found not wearing helmet and 1174 cases were booked against violation of seat belt regulations. Over seven thousand cases were booked under “other traffic violation” categories reportedly resulting in 10,96,250 Rupees’ fines collection.
532 cases were also booked for vehicles stopping on Zebra crossing during red signal, causing inconvenience to the pedestrians. A warning was also issued by the department earlier urging motorist to keep the Zebra crossing clear for pedestrians on signals.
The crackdown on traffic violation to smoothen the traffic movement by the department has seen mixed reaction among the general public, a section of which is irked with the towing away of vehicles even if the vehicles are parked at a point for a few seconds. The section of the people believes the department is being harsh with towing away of vehicles, releasing which takes due process and time. On the other hand the section has appreciated the reforms and measures being introduced to ease traffic movement in the city and has lauded the efforts of the department.
The department however, looks resolved to sticking to their plans of curbing the traffic menace and grievances and to ease it for drivers and riders abiding by the traffic rules and regulation.
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Cummins doubtful for T20 World Cup? It's quite grey right now, says Aus head coach
Melbourne (PTI): Australia skipper Pat Cummins' chances of playing at next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka are "quite grey at the moment" as he battles a back stress issue that has affected his participation in the ongoing Ashes series against England.
Cummins returned to play the third Ashes Test in Adelaide after missing the opening two matches, picking up six wickets to help Australia clinch the series 3-0.
However, the Australian Test and ODI skipper will take no further part in the series and even his participation at the T20 World Cup is also uncertain. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh is Australia's T20I captain.
"Looking forward to the World Cup, whether he will be there or not, I can't really say. It's quite grey at the moment. We're hopeful," head coach Andrew McDonald was quoted as saying by 'ESPNCricinfo'.
The fast bowler was diagnosed with a lumbar stress reaction during Australia's tour of the West Indies in July. He underwent rehabilitation before being cleared for a carefully managed return in Adelaide.
"He's pulled up fine. He won't play any part in the rest of the series and that was a discussion that we had a long time out around his return," McDonald said.
"We were taking on some risk and people that reported on that would understand the risk associated with that rebuild. We've now won the series and that was the goal.
"So, to position him for further risk and jeopardise him long-term is not something that we want to do and Pat's really comfortable with that," he added.
The T20 World Cup is scheduled to begin on February 7 across India and Sri Lanka with the summit clash set for March 8.
Australia's first match is on February 11 against Ireland at Colombo. Although Cummins captains the Test and ODI teams, all-rounder Mitch Marsh leads Australia in the shortest format.
