Traffic department on Monday adopted a novel way to prevent wrong parking in city centre by pasting challans on windscreens of vehicles parked in no parking zones.The novel way is part of special drive launched by the Traffic department to prevent wrong parking in the summer capital. The drive was launched under the supervision of SSP Traffic City, Maqsood-ul-Zaman.
During the drive, sticker notices were pasted on the front screen of wrongly parked vehicles. “The wrongly parked vehicles were filmed on spot clearly indicating the registration number of the vehicle with the notice pasted on it with indication of the place of violation. The sticker notice served to the violator on windscreen of his/her vehicle under section 133 MV Act 1988 for obstructive/wrong parking with addition of section 187 MV Act 1988, carries punishment of imprisonment for a term which may not exceed three months or with a fine which may extent to Rs 500 or with both,” an official communiqué said.
“The owner, driver pasted with sticker notice on his/her vehicle should contact the office of SSP Traffic City Srinagar with relevant documents and remit the prescribed fine against proper Government Receipt (GR). In case the violator fails to respond to the notice within 15 days, his/her challan would be submitted to the Court of Law for prosecution. The details of the vehicle would be retrieved from the concerned RTO/ARTOs,” it said.
