Cops launch drive against overloaded vehicles

In order to strengthen road safety and ensure disciplined traffic movement, the Ludhiana Commissionerate Police conducted a special drive against overloaded vehicles as well as those violating prescribed length and width restrictions across the city.

The Traffic Wing carried out intensive checking on key routes, focusing on vehicles posing safety risks due to excessive load or oversized structures.

During the drive, a total of 52 challans were issued under relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. Strict action was taken against trucks, commercial carriers, and heavy vehicles found operating beyond legal weight limits or exceeding approved dimensions.

Ludhiana Commissioner of Police Swapan Sharma stated that overloaded and over-dimensioned vehicles posed a serious risk to other road users and caused significant damage to road infrastructure. He added that the police will maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward such violations.

The enforcement drive was supervised by ADCP Traffic Gurpreet Kaur Purewal, Field operations were led by ACP Traffic-1 Jatin Bansal and ACP Traffic-2 Gurdev Singh, along with the Traffic Police staff.

The police appeals to all commercial vehicle operators to follow legal loading norms, an official said.