MVD Jammu takes action over traffic violations, imposes fine

Jammu, July 16: Continuing the strict enforcement drive against the instances of overloading and overcharging in passenger vehicles and other major violations under the Motor Vehicle Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, a team of Motor Vehicles Department carried special enforcement drives under the special directions of Pankaj Bhagotra, RTO, Jammu.

The enforcement teams laid Nakas at different locations viz Bhagwati Nagar, Tawi 4th Bridge and near Railway Station. The focus of today's drive was overloading and overcharging in passenger vehicles particularly e-Autos and e-rikshaws carrying Amarnathji pilgrims.

During the last03 day's enforcement drive nearly 345 vehicles were checked for various offences viz. route permit violations, RC violations, overloading, without seat belt , without helmet, without SLD etc. out of which 118 vehicles e-challaned.

A fine of Rs 126000 was imposed on violators during these drives. In addition to issuing challans, the overloaded passenger vehicles were offloaded on spot and vehicles were arranged for the extra passengers for their respective destinations.

The drive has been widely appreciated by the pilgrims and shows RTO's commitment to fair practices and regulatory standards.

The enforcement teams comprised of Rehana Tabassam, ARTO (HQr), Mudasir Iqbal (ARTO BOI), Motor Vehicles Inspectors, Vikas Srivats, Surinder Kumar and Jasbir Singh, SMVI, Amanish Sharma and MVTA Tarunjot Singh.