Traffic police hold counselling session for those who violate parking rules repeatedly

Transport Department officials address 55 people shortlisted for the programme

In an effort to end the menace of haphazard unauthorised parking, mainly of autorickshaws, the Vellore District Traffic Police organised an hour-long counselling for those who violate parking rules repeatedly at the traffic police station on Vella Mundy Street on Sunday. Based on the CCTV footage on key stretches such as Anna Salai, Fort Round Road, Court Road and Green Circle since June, the traffic police shortlisted 55 offenders, mainly for unauthorised parking. Most of the violators were mainly autorickshaw drivers from Vellore, Katpadi, Sattuvachari and Rangapuram on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 48). Lack of adequate parking space was said to be the cause of unauthorised parking by autorickshaw drivers. Vellore has 30,000 autorickshaws. “Similar counselling sessions will be held for others breaking rules like jumping the signal, wrong side driving and parking beyond the spotline based on CCTV footage soon. The aim is to bring down such violations by awareness rather than merely imposing fines,” Albert John, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vellore, told The Hindu.