Reported by millenniumpost.in
New Delhi: The Eastern Range Traffic Police conducted 8982 traffic violations at 42 intersections and prominent areas across East Delhi under their Traffic Pathshala initiative from July 7 to October 25.
Of the violations, 4231 were committed without wearing helmets, while driving on the wrong side amounted to 2010 violations. In total, there were 872 violations for three-wheelers and 343 for not abiding by the red lights. During the campaign the traffic police held 614 awareness sessions educating 7780 people.
616 people complied with traffic rules and were rewarded. Overall, 61932 e-challans were given out. 833 FIRs were filed for driving on the wrong side. There were 63941 violations for not wearing helmets, 195226 for incorrect parking, 3754 for driving under the influence, 5800 for not abiding by red lights and 8077 for three-wheelers.
A total of 12608 students were educated during awareness campaigns from January 1 to October 25. This included 102 school programmes. 222 programmes were held at intersections educating 29910 people. Street plays and traffic awareness vehicles educated 1893 and 3732 people.
To counter congestion, the traffic police held 127 meetings with resident welfare associations, market associations and Government agencies between April 5 and October 25. From the 160 suggestions received, 143 were actioned and 16 passed on to the relevant agencies.
