The Delhi high court on Thursday suggested on-the-spot traffic fines and use of helicopters to manage “chaotic” traffic in the city, to alleviate problems of mobility faced by the public and to reduce
The Delhi high court on Thursday suggested on-the-spot traffic fines and use of helicopters to manage “chaotic” traffic in the city, to alleviate problems of mobility faced by the public and to reduce air pollution.
The bench of Justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva directed the Delhi traffic police to publicise the increase in traffic fines, especially the new Rs 1,000 fine for driving on the wrong carriageway or wrong side of the road. The traffic police was also directed to impose on-the-spot challans for such violations. The bench also directed the police to be more vigilant instead of continuing to hide behind trees.
The high court sought the response of the Delhi government and the Centre on whether helicopters can be inducted to manage the traffic, and to airlift those in medical emergencies to the nearest hospital.
The bench directed the traffic police to prepare a presentation, to be placed before the court, indicating how the traffic situation was being monitored from the control room.
It said this would help the court to understand what steps are being taken by the traffic police to alleviate the misery of the public and to manage traffic.
The Delhi traffic police, meanwhile, told the court that in the last two months it has issued fines to over 41,000 vehicles which were found travelling on wrong carriageway and that it has publicised the increase in fine for the violation by putting up signboards at various locations in the city. On the issue of conservation of forests, the Delhi government placed before the court a study carried out by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), which said that old forests and trees need to be protected.
