RTAs to work on Sundays
RTA offices will function on Sundays this month to cater to the extra rush of applicants.
Hyderabad: About 8,000 two-wheeler riders were booked on Thursday for not wearing helmets, even as a large number of motorists continued to ignore the rule.
“The report from various points in the city is that many people are riding two-wheelers without wearing helmets. They will gradually fall in line,” said DCP Traffic (Hyderabad) A.V. Ranganath. He added that the police would continue the drive to implement the helmet rule.
Vinod Kumar of Indian Federation of Road Safety said stricter enforcement would definitely have an impact on motorists. If violators are held back for three to four hours for counselling for their first offence, they think twice before repeating it, he said.
Elsewhere, 64 motor-ists who were booked for driving without licence were chargesheeted and produced before the magistrates. They were punished to stay back “till the rising of the court.” Mr Ranganath said those caught a second time would be jailed.
Transport commissioner Sandeep Kumar Sultania said all RTA offices will function on Sundays this month to cater to the extra rush of applicants.
The commissioner has issued orders extending the time for learner licence slots up to 4 pm as against 10.30 am to 2 pm, joint transport commissioner T. Raghunath said.