Cops: Unregulated dumpers speeding on rds across Ggm
Gurugram, Nov. 28 -- Speeding dumper trucks without any registration number plates and reflective tapes continue to run amok on Gurugram roads. The Gurugram-Faridabad road is the most affected stretch as trucks either carrying construction materials to other cities or garbage to dump in Bandhwari landfill use this road, police officials said.
According to police, while on patrol or at checkpoints, they are hesitant to pull up most of these heavy vehicles for issuing fines after two constables were crushed to death on roads by these speeding trucks.
A policeman on patrol duty said on Thursday that they have stopped pulling up such heavy vehicles as these vehicles might hit them anytime. He added that he knew both the constables closely who lost their lives.
Traffic constable Lokesh Kumar, 32, was mowed down by an unidentified speeding truck on the expressway near Sirhaul border at 1.50am on Wednesday when he was crossing lanes.
On November 20, constable Ajay Singh, 32, died after a speeding 18-wheel truck mowed him down while trying to avoid a check-point in front of Gawal Pahadi police post on Gurugram-Faridabad road.
Satyapal Yadav, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) (traffic headquarters) said that they will soon hold meetings with all the transporters and contractors, including those transporting garbage for Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) regarding this issue.
"We will ask them to ensure drivers move slowly and trucks are fixed with number plates. We will also ask them to fix high-quality reflective tapes on the vehicles so that they are visible even from a distance," he said.
Yadav said that he was well aware that most of the heavy vehicles operated by the transporters in the city have either no or bent registration number plates on their vehicles to avoid challans. "Hefty fines are being issued against owners and drivers found speeding or without number plates," he said.
Gurugram DCP (traffic) Rajesh Kumar Mohan on Thursday instructed police to ensure their safety. He asked all traffic personnel, especially on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway at night, to adhere to safety measures....
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