The Gautam Buddh Nagar traffic police on Wednesday launched the second round of a special fortnight-long campaign to check accidents and tighten the noose around unruly drivers on the roads of Noida and Greater Noida, officials said.
The first phase of the 'Discipline on the Road' campaign was launched on April 28 and during the period a total of 58,685 challans were issued by the police. The drive will focus on effectively curbing road accidents which showed an increase in 2022 as compared to 2021, the police said in a statement, noting that the directions for such a campaign came from UP Police headquarters.
Gautam Buddh Nagar, adjoining Delhi, witnessed 368 deaths in road crashes in 2021, 437 in 2022 while the number of fatalities till June 2023 was 143, according to official figures.
At the onset of the campaign, DCP (Traffic) Anil Kumar Yadav on Wednesday held a meeting with department officers and personnel and directed that there should be no illegal recovery during the campaign, according to the statement.
"Policemen were also told not to misbehave with anyone, do their work with decency and firmness and ensure that the elderly, women, disabled, ambulances or patients are caused no inconvenience during the campaign," the statement read. Yadav also directed the personnel to must use body-worn cameras during work.
In the second phase of 'Discipline on the Road', the police said special focus will be on taking legal action against those driving vehicle without license, using mobile phone while driving, not wearing seat-belt or helmets, driving under influence of alcohol or drugs, wrong-lane driving. Also on radar will be minors who are found driving vehicles in public place or those parking vehicle in no parking zone on highways, the police said.
