Indian
Express: Chandigrah: Saturday, 23 August 2014.
The Punjab
Police has just three speed radars in working condition to check speed
violations in 16 police districts across the state, information procured by
Mohali-based RTI activist Amit Saini states. In nine of these districts, no
heavy vehicle has been challaned for overspeeding in 10 years.
The
information reveals that 800 people died in accidents involving private buses
in Khanna police district in the last 10 years, while Roopnagar had the second
highest number of deaths at 267. However, only four buses were challaned in
Rupnagar while 150 were challaned in Khanna.
In Jalandhar, 198 persons were killed in bus accidents, but not one bus
was challaned.
Of the three
functional speed radars, two are at Barnala where 41 heavy vehicles were
challaned for overspeeding in 10 years while the third is in Bathinda.
Saini had
sought information related to the traffic police and accidents in the last 10
years from all police districts in Punjab. He received replies from only 16 police
districts.
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