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| Meeting of Mini Bus Transport Unions, Traffic Deptt held | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Jan 22: A meeting was conducted at Traffic Police Headquarters J&K Jammu between the officers of Traffic Police and office bearers of Mini Bus Transport Unions of Jammu district. The meeting was presided over by IGP(Traffic) J&K Alok Kumar-IPS and was attended among others by Staff Officer to IGP(Traffic) J&K, SSP Traffic City Jammu, DDP THQ J&K, SP Traffic Rural Jammu, Vijay Singh-President all matador unions, Suram Singh-General Manager all matador unions and others.
After a brief introduction by the office bearers of the Matador Unions, the IGP(Traffic) J&K informed the attendants about the motive of the meeting which was to work together for over-all improvement in the traffic management system so that no inconvenience is caused to general public. The participants were informed that the men in blue work day and night for bringing a positive change in the system and that they have been directed to be firm yet polite with the drivers and other road users.
The IGP(Traffic) briefed the office bearers of the unions about the basics of driving public service vehicles, including Importance of discipline required by the drivers of the matadors, Sticking to the routes allotted by the concerned authorities, Restrictions upon change of design/structure of their vehicles, Halt at designated bus stops, Restriction upon use of music system and loud speakers and others. Stress was also laid upon the importance of having valid documents like route permit, registration certificate, appropriate license, insurance cover, fitness and others. Besides, it was also felt necessary to conduct regular awareness programmes for the drivers of the matadors so as to inculcate among them a sense of responsibility and awareness towards their duties as laid down by law. The office bearers of the matador unions also highlighted their problems which include lack of adequate parking areas, lack of infrastructure etc. and informed that the situation has considerably improved over the couple of years with there being very little overloading in the vehicles and no violation of route permit. The IGP(Traffic) stressed upon them to come up with their grievances, suggestions as well as viable proposals for redressal of their grievances so that the same can be worked upon and a robust and strong institution of public transport system could be put in place. They were assured that their grievances would be taken up with the appropriate authority. The office bearers were asked to take necessary measures at their level within a period of seven days after which the legal process to stop these violations would be augmented. |
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