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A policeman stops a car with tinted glass at Jugsalai on Wednesday. Picture by Bhola Prasad
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Hint of a tint and you are in for trouble was the message the police sent out in Jamshedpur on Wednesday as they embarked on a massive drive to stop car owners from flaunting tinted windows and windscreens with dark films.
The crackdown, which was taken up following the January 7 directive of East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Himani Pande, was carried out jointly by the East Singhbhum district transport officer (DTO), motor vehicles inspector (MVI) and deputy superintendent of police (traffic). The aim prevent incidents like the Delhi gang rape in the steel city.
On Day 1 of the drive, which is expected to continue for at least a month, checks were conducted at Sakchi, Bistupur and Jugsalai from 10.30am to 2.30pm. Speaking to The Telegraph, DTO George Kumar said 77 four-wheelers were fined and tinted films stripped off from their windows.
In all, 77 four-wheelers including three buses were caught in the drive. We also collected Rs 49,000 in fines. The drive, which will continue till further orders from the district administration, is based on Supreme Court orders prohibiting use of tinted films in vehicles, Kumar said.
In its order passed in May last year, the Supreme Court had said visual light transmission or VLT should be at least 70 per cent for front and rear screens and 50 per cent for the side windows while straightway banning use of black films on windows.
We fined each offender Rs 500. Today, we removed the tinted films ourselves. However, henceforth we would be charging the car owners the cost incurred to remove the same. We want the insides of the vehicles to be clearly visible so that illegal activities are curbed, added Kumar.
Deputy superintendent of police (traffic) Rakesh Mohan Sinha said in addition to the drive against tinted films on windows, the routine drive against traffic violations by two wheelers would also continue simultaneously.
We would be carrying out the drive at different locations through our five designated traffic outposts at Jugsalai, Bistupur, Sakchi, Mango and Golmuri. Our objective is not to collect fines but instil fear in four-wheeler and two-wheeler drivers about violating traffic norms. Once we see that use of tinted films have stopped on the roads, we might stop the drive, said DSP traffic.
A fine of Rs 270 was levied on two wheelers violating traffic norms like riding without helmets.
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