Cop lens on bus fitness, resoled tyre, traffic rule violations in Chennai | Kolkata News – Times of India

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KOLKATA: The driver of the minibus involved in the Dufferin Road accident was arrested on Sunday, the same day when the cops asked 25 traffic guards to check whether the buses that hit the roads are fit to ply in the city. The traffic cops have also been instructed to launch a crackdown on the buses that flout traffic rules. In the accident on Saturday, two persons, including a teenager, were killed and 17 others injured. The driver, Md Taushib, was arrested from Khanna crossing.
“We have been asked to carry out checks on resoled tyres. We will also check the certificates of fitness (CFs). With most buses in the city expected to be scrapped in the next two years (BS III and BS IV), there are several issues regarding maintenance. There are also complaints of CFs being obtained by hiring new equipment and replacing them after obtaining the CFs. We will propose joint raids with the transport department in this regard,” said a senior police officer.

Cop lens on bus fitness, resoled tyre, traffic rule violations in city

At Esplanade alone, the operators of eight buses were fined for using resoled tyres while six others were fined for violating CF rules. Two of the buses were found plying with resoled tyres on the Metiabruz-Howrah route – the same route on which the other bus, involved in the accident on Saturday, used to ply. Cops said the accident might have happened due to a mechanical failure. “We found the tie and axle rods of the bus were broken. We need to check if the rods were broken when the bus was being pulled up by a crane after the accident. The interrogation of the bus owner is also crucial. As of now, we are starting a case under section 304 (culpable homicide) as passengers alleged that the bus driver resorted to speeding. He had fled from the spot,” said an officer. The bus has 26 cases and another 40 citation cases pending in court.
TOI hit the city streets on Sunday and spotted the violations of traffic rules such as rash driving, speeding, overtaking, jumping the signals and stopping in the middle of roads to take passengers or allow them to get down.
At Mahabirtala crossing, a Tollygunge Phanri-bound bus was found hurtling down, dangerously changing lanes against the New Alipore-bound traffic around noon. The buses halted after crossing the “stop” mark near the Tollygunge bridge. There were multiple officers at the crossing as well as a police kiosk nearby but none moved, nor did anyone note down the registration numbers of the two buses.
“It’s a narrow road. If we start holding up all buses, it will create a major traffic snarl. But we do take action against several errant drivers time to time,” said an officer.
At SN Banerjee Road-J L Nehru Road crossing, around 1pm, TOI spotted five buses racing against each other.
“The driver was overtaking another bus. The conductor abused me and forced me to alight from the moving bus,” said Soumya Das, a passenger.



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