Hyderabad:Madhuranagar police are on the look-out for a home-maker who vandalised an ATM after she allegedly failed to con a bank employee during counting of notes.
According to the police, the accused is a 35-year-old resident of Rahmathnagar. The accused was given `7 lakh in cash after she sold her property in Suryapet. She went to a bank in Vengal Raonagar to deposit the money in her account.
The cashier counted the money and told the woman that `21,000 was short. The woman lost her temper and the staff called the police. The woman then went to the ATM deposit machine and threw a rock it, damaging the screen.
400 auto drivers at traffic awareness programme
Hyderabad:As part of the National Road Safety Month, Hyderabad police organised a traffic awareness programme for 400 autorickshaw drivers, near Ambedkar statue on NTR Marg on Saturday.
At the meet, it was decided that police would paste traffic awareness stickers on the back of the vehicles till the programme ends on January 31.
City traffic additional DCP P. Viswa Prasad, who was invited as a chief guest, addressed the gathering.
“You should be the real heroes of Hyderabad. Do not park on roads, bus stops, don't allow extra passengers, do not demand extra money with passengers," Vishwa Prasad said.
He also requested them to keep boards carrying school children when carrying school children during school timings for safety.
210 vehicles seized in crackdown
Hyderabad:State transport officials have seized 210 vehicles of private operators for illegally transporting passengers from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh using unregistered private cars/buses and breaking a number of rules.
"We have coordinated with zonal teams of LB Nagar, Shamirpet, Rangareddy, Hayathnagar and formed special joint teams," said district deputy transport department officer Sadanandam. The authorities were on the look-out for overloaded vehicles, those without inter-state permits, and yellow plate vehicles without fitness certificates.
"Apart from this, our teams are also checking the buses coming from Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Puducherry, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Kanyakumari, Bengaluru to Hyderabad," he added.
“During the normal days, the ticket cost in a private sleeper bus from Hyderabad to Vijayawada is around `1,800, during the festive seasons it is `4,200. This is against the law,” G. Srinivas, a passenger said.
"The private cars that used to charge `300 to Suryapet are now raising their fare to `900 taking advantage of the Sankranti demand. The government should take the issue seriously and stern action should be taken against the private bus owners," M Gayatri, a passenger said.
"We have focused on those who are charging high charges from passengers during the Sankranti festival. Today will be focusing more on the permitting capacity and admitting passengers beyond the permit," a officer said.
