EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 16: An interactive session was held between the officers of Traffic Police City Jammu and office bearers of Transport Unions, Mini Buses/Transport Unions of Jammu district at Traffic Police Office (TPO) Panjtirthi, Jammu. The meeting was presided over by SSP Traffic City Jammu, Dr Koshal Kumar Sharma and was attended among others by Pardeep Singh Gouria Addl SP Traffic, Shivali Kotwal DySP (T) City North, Sunil Singh DySP (T) South Jammu, Insp Satvinder Singh DTI Bus Stand and Insp Rakesh Kumar DTI Old City and office bearers of Transport Union Niranjan Singh Chairman Mini Buses Workers Union, Vijay Singh, President All J&K Welfare Association, Ravi Sharma, President All India Sleeper Bus, Dipak Sharma General Secy All India Sleeper Bus, Jatinder Khajuria Vice President Mini Buses Union.
The participants were informed that the men in blue work day and night for bringing a positive change in the system and they have been directed to be firm yet polite with the drivers and other road users.
SSP asked that while plying on road, the doors of the vehicle be kept closed for safety of the passengers. Stress was also laid upon the importance of having valid documents like route permit, registration certificate, appropriate license, insurance cover, fitness etc. The office bearers of the matador unions also highlighted their problems which include lack of adequate parking areas, lack of infrastructure and also 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.
SSP Traffic stressed upon them to come up with their grievances, suggestions as well as viable proposals for redressal. |
