Illegally parked vehicles towed away
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 24 2023:
Traffic Control Police Wing on Monday carried out a drive to remove illegally parked vehicles in the southern side of RIMS Road.
The Deputy Commissioner of Imphal West district had earlier issued an order restricting vehicles from parking on the southern side of the road to ease traffic jams and make way for emergency vehicles.
According to the Traffic Control Police Wing, many people have continued to park in the No Parking Zone despite the awareness given by traffic police.
It was very difficult to penalize the offender as the Traffic Control Police Wing doesn't have a tow- away vehicle at present and traffic police personnel had to wait near the vehicle till the driver came back.
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However, with the introduction of e-challan and cashless payment of fines, traffic police need not wait for the driver of the illegally parked vehicle to penalize them.
They just need to challan the vehicle and place it on the vehicle even in the absence of the owner or driver.
Payment of the fine is mandatory as pending fine will mean non issuance of NOC certificate of the vehicle and no transfer of ownership.
Further e-court will soon be introduced to handle pending fines.
RIMS Road houses some of the important hospitals of Manipur including RIMS and a smooth flow of traffic could be a matter of life and death for those moving towards the hospital.
Traffic Control Police Wing has appealed to the public to co-operate in maintaining smooth traffic flow in this important stretch of road and park only on the northern side of the road.
It may be mentioned that a total of 30 vehicles were challaned for illegal parking during the drive.