The State Home Department in Maharashtra is gearing up for a significant overhaul of its top police leadership, including the position of Director General of Police (DGP) and Police Commissioners of Nagpur and Thane. The impending retirement of the current DGP, Rajnish Seth, on December 31 has prompted the department to commence the process of selecting his successor.A top rank official said that several prominent names have emerged as contenders for the esteemed position of State DGP. The frontrunner is Senior IPS Officer Rashmi Shukla, who currently serves as the Director General (DG) of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar is also a strong candidate for the role. Other notable contenders include Thane CP Jaijeet Singh, DG ATS Sadanand Date, DG Police Housing Sandeep Bishnoi, DG Railway Pradnya Sarvade, Additional Director of NIA Atulchandra Kulkarni, and DG State Security Corporation Bipin Kumar Singh, he said. He further stated that the State Home
Traffic Control Branch has recorded violations of traffic norms by 51,475 citizens in a period of three and half months. And among the eight traffic zones, highest violations of 9433 that is almost 18.33 per cent were reported from Sitabuldi Zone that comprises of middle portion of city.
With 3,300 installed cameras, City Operation Centre (CoC) is helping police in preparing the e-challans. A team of traffic police constables deployed at the CoC for monitoring footages of major junctions zoom into pictures and zero on the violators.
According to statistics of Traffic Control Branch, a total of 38,950 bikers (75.66 per cent) were served e-challans for not wearing helmet while riding the bike, 1,998 persons for crossing the stop line, 956 for triple seat riding, 4,493 four-wheeler drivers for not wearing seat belts, 157 for fancy number plates, 51 for using mobile phone while driving, 59 for wrong side driving, 283 for no parking, 736 for single jumping, 3,511 for over seat driving and 19 served e-challans for underage riding.
Out of total 51,475 e-challans, maximum 9,433 motorists (18.32 per cent) were fined in Sitabuldi area, followed by 8,410 (16.33 per cent) in Ajni area, 6,575 (12.75 per cent) in Sadar area, 6,320 (12.27 per cent) in Indora area, 5,979 (11.61 per cent) in Sonegaon area, 4,825 (9.32 per cent) Cotton Market area and 4,042 (7.85 per cent) in MIDC area.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Gajanan Rajmane informed The Hitavada that instilling sense of responsibility among the citizens is sole reason for issuing the e-challans on such a large number. “We have focused on accident-prone spots while issuing the e-challans,” he further informed. The e-challans are being generated automatically after putting vehicle number in server and it is sent to the violator’s address along with the CCTV grab.
The rising number of two wheeler is putting pressure on city roads and given the way ward riding by riders who seems perennially in hurry, traffic police attempt to make use of technology to hilt. Apart from conventional policing, DCP Rajmane said the system of e-challans attempts to rein in rash drivers and attempt to discipline citizens.
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