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| Police crack the whip on Delhi |
| A car with tinted glass windows being challaned on Rajpath in New Delhi
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| INDIA
, 10-April-2007
2:59:35 AM |
| As the grace period given by the Delhi High Court for traffic violators to fall in line came to an end and the authorities geared up to crack the whip, motorists in the Capital were seen taking the new rules seriously on Monday though instances of violations continued.
By 2 p.m. on the first day of enforcement, the special traffic police teams deployed across the Capital had prosecuted 4,571 violators, collected Rs. 17,64,100 in fines, punched 1,333 driving licences, and impounded 220 vehicles, it was officially announced.
Though violations continued, for once the bus drivers were not flouting the rules blatantly. A large number of drivers of DTC and Blueline buses were seen in uniform and wearing their seat belts even though their nameplates were missing. The compliance shown by the drivers drew applause even from traffic police officers. "It was heart-warming to see the drivers in uniform and even wearing the seat belts," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Southern Range (Traffic) D. P. Verma.
"The strict rules have had an impact," said Rajeev Awasthi, member of the Enforcement Committee appointed by the High Court to monitor the implementation of the guidelines. "However," he added, "a lot more still needs to be done."
"The auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers are mostly not in uniform and enforcement should be done with a lot more rigour," he said.
The traffic police had deployed nearly 3,000 personnel across the city. With the High Court order coming into effect, violators now have to pay Rs. 500 in addition to the fine prescribed for each offence under the Motor Vehicles Act.
If the bus drivers were largely seen going by the rules, violations by others continued unabated. In most areas, two-wheeler riders were challaned for not wearing helmets or triple riding and cars continued to sport dark film on the windows that is prohibited by the High Court.
According to the High Court order, the use of mobile phones while driving, pressure horns
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