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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Sambhal violence orchestrated by BJP, govt to divert attention from poll rigging: Akhilesh Yadav
Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday alleged the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district over the survey of a mosque was "orchestrated" by the BJP, the government and the administration "to divert attention from electoral malpractice".
Police used tear gas and "minor force" in the face of stone pelting by locals in Sambhal on Sunday as tension escalated during a second survey of the Mughal-era mosque, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple.
Ten people have been detained and a probe was launched into the violence, an official said.
Tension has been brewing in Sambhal over the past few days after the Jama Masjid was surveyed last Tuesday on the orders of a local court following a petition that claimed that a Harihar temple stood at the site.
A day after the Uttar Pradesh bypoll results were declared and the Samajwadi Party managed to win just two seats while the BJP and its ally RLD bagged the other seven, Yadav levelled serious allegations against the police and administration.
"A serious incident occurred in Sambhal. A survey team was deliberately sent in the morning to disrupt discussions about the elections. The intention was to create chaos so that no debate on election issues could happen," the Samajwadi Party chief claimed.
Citing reports, he said several people were injured in the violence in Sambhal and asked when a survey of the mosque was already done, why was a new survey conducted again and "that too in the morning and without preparation?"
"I don't want to go into the legal or procedural aspects, but the other side was not even heard. This was intentionally done to provoke emotions and avoid discussions on election rigging," Yadav said.
"What happened in Sambhal was orchestrated by the BJP, the government and the administration to divert attention from electoral malpractices," the former UP chief minister alleged.
Asserting that in democracy, true victory comes from the people, not the system, he said, "The new democracy created by the BJP ensures that people cannot vote while the system dominates."
He added that whenever an impartial investigation takes place, and the truth comes out through booth recordings and CCTV footage, it will be evident that "voters did not cast their votes and someone else became the voter inside the booth".
Yadav claimed that on the polling day, the police and the administration removed the Samajwadi Party's almost all booth agents and many supporters who wanted to vote.
"If voters were prevented from voting, then who cast the votes? If Samajwadi Party votes didn't reach those booths and our candidate didn't get support, then who voted there? This is a serious issue," he said.
"Additionally, there were two types of slips, -- one with a red mark and another regular slip. We raised this issue on the voting day itself, stating that the administration had created such arrangements, leading to discrimination," Yadav alleged.
The Samajwadi Party's candidate for the Kundarki assembly bypoll Haji Rizwan too has alleged that his supporters were prevented from voting.
The BJP's Ramveer Singh won the bypoll in the Kundarki seat by a margin of over 1.45 lakh votes.
