367 vehicles fined Rs 4.75L for violations

Continuing its drive against the instances of overloading of passenger vehicles and other major violations under the Motor Vehicle Act and Central Motor Vehicle Rules, teams of the Motor Vehicles Department recovered a fine of Rs 4.75 lakh.

The drive was launched across the Jammu division.

The drive was conducted under the guidance of Transport Commissioner J&K Bhawani Rakwal and overall supervision of Jammu RTO Pankaj Bhagotra. The MV teams laid check-points in their respective districts with special focus on checking overcharging and overloading in passenger vehicles, besides urging the drivers to strictly follow traffic regulations for road safety.

During the Enforcement Drive, nearly 5130 vehicles, including buses, tippers, school buses, mini-buses, tourist buses, goods carriers, tractors among others were checked for route permit violations, overloading, over speeding and without seat belt.

“As many as 367 vehicles were e-challaned under sections viz a viz 194D-(Without Helmet), 66/192A-(R/P Violations), 190(II)-(Without Pollution), 194A-(Overload Passengers), etc,” an official said.

A fine of Rs 4.75 lakh was imposed on the violators. Besides, 10 driving licences were recommended for suspension under various offences. In addition to this, 137 notices were also served to the violators to provide them an opportunity of being heard.