Gujarat: Over 3,000 govt staff challaned in 3 hours for driving without helmet, `15.96L fine collected

The Indian Express has learnt that 3,192 authorities employees were fined successful 39 postulation constabulary jurisdictions crossed the authorities connected Tuesday morning. At Rs 500 per challan, fines worthy a full of Rs 15.96 lakh were collected betwixt 10 americium and 12 p.m. connected Tuesday.

The thrust is aimed astatine mitigating the fig of deaths and injuries caused by roadworthy accidents, and has been started with a crackdown connected authorities staffers arsenic they are believed to beryllium “role models” for the public.

M L Ninama, Inspector General of State Traffic Branch said that isolated from large cities, Banaskantha, Surendranagar and Bharuch reported ample fig of violations. One-fifth of the violations were reported from Ahmedabad — 473 successful Ahmedabad City and 220 successful Ahmedabad Rural. Two different jurisdictions reported much than 200 cases, with Banaskantha postulation constabulary fining 219 authorities employees and 210 challaned successful Surat City. This was followed by Surendranagar with 196 cases, Rajkot metropolis with 164, and Bharuch with 127. Gandhinagar Traffic Police penalised 60, portion the fig was 30 successful Vadodara city.

As the thrust continued connected Tuesday, the full violations reported successful Ahmedabad City reached 660 and the full good to Rs 3.3 lakh, according to a connection from JCP (Traffic) N N Chaudhary. These besides included 72 constabulary personnel. Meanwhile, Rajkot, which began the thrust connected Monday, reported 395 violations aboriginal connected Tuesday and collected a full good of Rs 1,97,500, said DCP (Traffic) Pooja Yadav.

The missive sent to elder constabulary officers connected Monday ordering the thrust had besides stated, “It is important to instrumentality the helmet regularisation successful Gujarat to mitigate the fig of deaths and superior injuries caused by roadworthy postulation accidents.” The letter, accessed by The Indian Express, besides stated, “Government employees are considered liable citizens and are looked up connected arsenic relation models for others.”