Checking spree by traffic police, becoming reason for long jams

Nitesh Sangral
JAMMU, June 4: Heavy contingent of Traffic police being deployed at almost every ‘chowk’ of the winter capital but instead of ensuring free flow of traffic is causing lot of problems for the people. At these check points, traffic cops generally stops the vehicles to check the credentials of the drivers and also to contain violation of the traffic rules, generally a situation of traffic jams is witnessed much to the inconvenience of the public. People also complained that traffic cops generally talked rudely to the drivers irrespective of their age. They also stated that people always prefer to stay away from the traffic checkpoints, not because of lack of the documents but because of improper behavior of the cops. They complained that traffic cops including officers generally misbehaved with them, and made to wait for longer period in this scorching summer for checking documents of the vehicles at these special “Nakas”. Irked vehicles owners also complained that the Traffic police department was made to get better facilities to vehicle owners and also to ensure smooth traffic on highways including National Highway but on the ground the department failed to serve the propose for which it was made Besides this, there are also complaints of traffic cops involved in charging money illegally minting money from the drivers. It is patient to mention here that the police officials also claimed that the department always trying to solve the problem of Traffic Jams in the city but they are not completely successful. The officials also said that within over hand is nothing the state government allot the funds for make parking complex than the traffic Jams decreased otherwise nothing, if the funds and proposal over hands we installed the traffic single and CCTV cameras in every nook and corners at time.