Over 100 mechanics served notice for illegal sirens

 Hyderabad: Several key decisions were taken and pending issues in the safe city project were addressed in a high-level coordination meeting chaired by the city police commissioner C.V. Anand, the nodal officer of the safe city project for tri-commissioners on Saturday.

City traffic police, till date have served 134 notices to all car decors/mechanics and asked them to restrain from fitting sirens and warned legal action if they failed to do so. During an ongoing special drive against owners of vehicles fitted with sirens, city traffic police not only booked 1,557 cases but also removed illegally fitted ones.

The high courts, in their orders/judgements, had instructed police to take stringent action against those who flout laws related to horns and confiscate siren/multi-toned horns of vehicles if found.

Anand requested the owners of vehicles especially cars/SUVs not to use sirens unauthorizedly.

He urged the drivers of authorized vehicles, those fitted with sirens, to use the siren sparingly and in case of emergency only.

The meeting discussed several components of the safe city project, including the new CDEWs -  Center for Development and Empowerment of Women, pelican signals, outreach vehicles, CCTVs, Bharosa centre, forensic labs, and mobile SHE toilets.

Discussions were held on various timelines related to the project, such as making 26 CDEWs operational by the end of May, addressing connectivity issues in CCTV networks, purchasing equipment for FSL labs and getting them ready by August, prioritizing & handling Dial 100 calls pertaining to women and children in distress by trained personnel, and training & deploying volunteers to operate pelican signals.

The current status of buildings that would house the new  Bharosa centres of tri-commissioners was reviewed. It was decided to deploy SHE Mobile toilets in dynamic routes across the city and monitor their locations, maintenance, and service from the Command Control centre.

Rachakonda police commissioner D. S. Chauhan, Cyberabad police commissioner; Stephen Ravindra, officials of TSTS, GHMC, and other govt departments were present in the meeting.