JAMMU: To tighten noose around the traffic violators, a series of vigorous enforcement drives were conducted by Motor Vehicle Department across Jammu Division against the instances of overloading of Passenger vehicles and other major violations under the Motor Vehicle Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules.
The teams of Motor Vehicles Department launched the special enforcement drive under the guidance of Bhawani Rakwal, Transport Commissioner J&K, laying Nakas across Jammu division especially on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The special focus of today's drive was to check overloading, RC violation, Route Permit violations etc.
During the Enforcement Drive nearly 1240 vehicles, which included Buses, Tippers, School Buses, Mini-Buses, Tourist Buses, Goods Carriers, Tractors, Private vehicles etc. were checked for various offences viz. Route Permit violations, Overloading, Over speeding, without Seat Belt, without SLD etc.
A total 598 vehicles were e-challaned under sections viz a viz 194D-(Without Helmet), 66/192A-(R/P Violations), 190(II)-(Without Pollution), 194A- (Overload Passengers), 179-(Disobedience), 194B-(Without Seat Belt), 177-(General Offence), 146/196-(Without Insurance), 56/192-(Fitness Violations), 184-(Dangerous Driving), Wrong Parking, SLD violations, Unauthorized Alterations, 194 C (Triple Riding), 39/192-(R/c violations), 1941A Overhang, Passenger in Goods Vehicle etc.
A total of Rs.19.26 lakh was recovered as fine from the violators. The enforcement was conducted under the direct supervision of Pankaj Bhagotra, RTO, Jammu, by several enforcement teams headed by ARTO's of respective Districts of Jammu Division along with MVI's, SMVI's and MVTA's.
