5 districts to get smart traffic management system

Himachal Pradesh Polity and Governance

03-Jan-21

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Sanjay Kundu, Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, said five districts of the Mandi zone — Mandi, Kullu, Lahaul-Spiti, Bilaspur and Hamirpur — would be equipped with intelligent traffic management system to monitor traffic.
He said the intelligent traffic management system had been started in Kullu and Manali and challans were being done for violations through ANPR cameras.
The police were procuring high-quality drones with the help of district administrations and road safety funds.
The DGP appreciated the efforts of Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti SPs for efficient traffic management at the Atal tunnel.
About 42,000 challans had been issued for not wearing masks. He added that 17 FIRs had been lodged against violation of Covid norms. He said awareness drives were also carried out due to which the spurt in Covid cases was curtailed.
He said there was a 23 per cent reduction in road accidents and deaths and around 36 per cent decrease in injury cases. He said there was a surge in cybercrime in the recent past, adding that efforts would be made to work out serious cases on priority and decrease pendency.
He said the police had signed an MoU with the IIT-Mandi in September to provide technical support to find solutions to crime-related issues.
He said the MoU would be signed with the National Law University, Shimla, to increase capacity related to various laws.
The DGP said overall crime against women and children had decreased by 25 per cent. He said the police had tightened the noose around drug mafias and many cases had been solved.