New Delhi, The Delhi Police has submitted its reply to the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal , saying it follows “multi-pronged strategies” for managing visitors and that “concerted efforts” are being made to manage parking norms violations.
Follows ‘multi-pronged technique’ to handle visitors: Delhi Police to NGT
Earlier, whereas listening to the matter concerning air air pollution within the nationwide capital, the tribunal had directed Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora and town’s particular commissioner of police to reveal the steps taken on the bottom stage to mitigate the contributory polluting elements of vehicular actions and parking points.
The report filed on November 2 stated, “Delhi traffic police follows multi-pronged strategies for managing traffic on Delhi roads based on regulation, enforcement, engineering intervention by stakeholders and the specified actions are being taken by the Delhi police to mitigate the contributory air polluting factors.”
It stated 1,800 visitors police personnel have been recurrently deployed, which elevated to 2,000 after invoking the Graded Response Motion Plan . In addition to, over 280 prosecution groups have been shaped to test violations of air pollution below management norms and assistant commissioners of police have been nominated as nodal officers on the recognized 13 air pollution hotspot zones, it added.
Monitoring committees have been shaped for 11 income districts to coordinate with the districts and Municipal Company of Delhi zones to make sure compliance with instructions, resembling eradicating congestion and checking visitors legislation violations, the report stated.
It stated 24 joint enforcement groups have been deployed with the transport division for performing in opposition to e-rickshaws and previous age autos.
In accordance with the report, visitors engineering proposals concerning highway upkeep have been being recurrently despatched to companies such because the Public Works Division , MCD, Delhi Improvement Authority and New Delhi Municipal Company .
“A letter was sent to agencies concerned on March 20, 2024, regarding 134 congestion points experiencing traffic congestion due to ongoing construction activities, encroachment, heavy volume of traffic for taking suitable remedial measures to improve the flow of traffic,” the report stated.
It stated one other letter was despatched concerning the optimisation of Multi-Degree Automotive Parkings , together with the evaluate and rationalisation of parking expenses whereas communications have been additionally despatched concerning 128 potholed roads and 97 encroached or broken footpaths.
“That concerted efforts are made to check and control violation of parking norms and restrictions timings by the concerned traffic circles in which prominent market areas fall like Lajpat Nagar, Nehru Place, Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk, Sarojini Nagar, Green Park, Tilak Nagar, Kamla Nagar, etc, to ensure uninterrupted flow of traffic,” the report stated.
It stated 2,78,772 challans have been issued until October 31 for autos plying with out Air pollution Beneath Management certificates, 4,55,808 challans have been issued for improper parking, 1,63,399 autos have been towed for the offence and three,508 challans have been issued for previous autos.
The report stated motion was additionally being taken for numerous offences resembling transportation of development and demolition materials with out correct covers, autos not plying in designated lanes, driving in opposition to the circulate and violation of no entry timings.
“Submission of action taken reports to Green War Room of the environment department daily and periodic reports such as monthly and quarterly reports are also sent,” it stated.