Coimbatore: Rural Police has recommended to the Transport Department to cancel the permits of 286 heavy vehicles which were involved in several accidents in the district, Superintendent of Police V Badrinarayanan said on Wednesday.
Addressing journalists in the city. badrinarayanan In the last five years, 714 vehicles have been found involved in more than two accidents.
Of these, the rural police have recommended cancellation of permits for 286 heavy vehicles to enhance road safety.
The rural police have also recommended cancellation of driving licenses of 1,255 people for reckless driving and traffic violations.
The SP said that the number of fatal accidents has reduced by 10% till July this year as compared to the same period in 2019. Efforts are on to reduce it further. Similarly, measures are being taken to increase the number of CCTVs in the district. Currently, 10,000 . Huh CCTV cameras installed in the district
“Rural areas have been divided into three categories for priority purposes. Main roads and roads leading to them are priority areas. So far 122 cameras have been added.
Badrinarayan said the district police has reached out to 36,456 students in the last one month.Project Pallikudam,
It was started to protect children from sexual harassment. Of the 36,000 students, 12,100 are below 10 years of age. At least two cases of sexual harassment faced by children during the outreach program were brought to the notice of the police by the children themselves.
347 cases of sale of banned tobacco products have been registered in the last four months. A fine of Rs 5000 has been imposed on 119 shops for selling banned tobacco and Rs 10,000 on 8 shops for repeated offenses. He said five shops remained closed.
Charges have been framed in 142 cases of POCSO in the last four months. While 55 new cases were registered during this period, eight cases have ended on conviction. He said a team headed by the Headquarters Additional Superintendent of Police has been constituted to probe the allegations to ensure that the cases are decided in an undisputed manner.
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