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| Now, cops' report card stuck in traffic snarl-up | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Dec 18: Here is a wireless message flashed this morning by a senior police officer to traffic cops in the winter capital city: "The performance of all sector officers was below expectation last month. The number of vehicles challaned was far below the fixed monthly target. You are directed to inculcate in yourself a sense of responsibility towards meeting the official figures of monthly challans."
Nowhere in his message he, however, made a mention of streamlining vehicular traffic on the congested city roads which are snarled up from morning till evening. The traffic chaos here can be attributed mainly to minibus operators, who swerve in the choicest direction flouting all traffic norms and stop in the middle of the road to pick up commuters. Under such circumstances, traffic cops, instead of booking them for violating traffic rules, proudly shake hands with them and exchange pleasantries.
As the authoritative voice of the traffic police officer thundered that he hated idle cops and lethargic approach towards duty would not be tolerated under any circumstances, the two police cops near Jewel, who carried a wireless set, became alert and started blowing whistles for no vehicle in sight.
One of the cops murmured: "Kya musibat hai. Ab subah-subah challan karne parenge."
The two cops, who did not want to be named, said it was mandatory on the part of each sector officer to challan everyday not less than 10 vehicles, which violated traffic rules. "The target is achieved easily," they said.
However, when their attention was drawn towards the overloaded minibuses, which flouted all the set norms of decency, besides traffic rules, they parried the query, but informed that a special drive would be launched against those autorickshaw drivers who were not running on metres and who charged flat rates from the commuters.
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