Special drive held to control mishaps on National Highway
Eluru: The West Godavari district police administration is striving to controlling the road accidents, which are on the rise on the National Highway in the district. It has taken up the special drive on the National Highways on the directive of District Superintendent of Police M Ravi Prakash.
The police teams launched the special drive on of Friday on the National Highway. Seven teams under the supervision of Eluru Traffic DSP have taken up the drive in Ganapavaram, Akiveedu, Kovvuru rural, Pentapadu, T Narsapuram, Yalamanchili, Penugonda and Attili areas.
The Superintendent of Police reviewed the progress on Saturday in Eluru and directed the police teams on the steps to be taken up against the traffic rule violators. During the special drive, the police teams filed 2,096 cases of which 1,469 cases were helmet related.
The police teams visited the villages under various police station jurisdictions and conducted the village meetings to create awareness on the road safety among the public. The Superintendent of Police said that a special plan has been chalked out to control the road accidents by creating awareness among the rural masses in the villages. The Superintendent of Police said that two-wheeler riders, who pass through the National, State and rural roads, should wear helmet for their safety.
The four-wheeler drivers must use the seatbelt while driving, he said. He said that drunken driving cases were also registered and added that stickers and posters on road safety were published to create awareness among the people in urban and rural areas.
The Superintendent of Police said that so far 2,096 traffic violators were booked within 24 hours. Out of these cases, 1,469 cases were registered against the two-wheeler riders. In all, 33 people were booked for driving while talking over mobile; 234 cases were registered against the bikers who have no LLRs; 74 cases were registered against the triple riders and 19 cases against autos for over-loading.