Chandigarh: Traffic cops net Rs 1 crore in two months

CHANDIGARH: The police have collected Rs 1.08 crore from traffic violators during the lockdown in two months.
From March 23 to May 25, cops seized 11,118 vehicles and released 6,331. As many as 4,787 vehicles - 4,445 two-wheelers, 228 four-wheelers and 114 three-wheelers - are still lying at the traffic lines in Sector 29. Traffic police department data mentioned that 9,287 of the seized vehicles were two-wheelers, 1,687 four-wheelers and 144 auto-rickshaws.
The UT administration had lifted the curfew on May 4 and allowed movement of traffic from 7 am to 7pm. However, guidelines had been issued that only three people would be allowed in a car, one in a two-wheeler and one in an auto. After lifting curfew, the traffic police seized 4,282 vehicles and collected a fine of Rs 24 8 lakh.
Kewal Krishan, DSP, traffic police, said they are sanitising all the seized vehicles every Sunday to avoid the threat of the virus spreading.
Three fatal accidents have been witnessed since the curfew was lifted. However, not a single person was killed in an accident during the curfew from March 23 to May 4.