Tag: City Traffic Police

50% rebate on traffic penalty: Rs. 55 lakh collected in two days; 22,154 cases closed
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50% rebate on traffic penalty: Rs. 55 lakh collected in two days; 22,154 cases closed

August 25, 2025

Website glitches mar traffic fine rebate drive Mysore/Mysuru: Following the State Government’s announcement of a 50 percent rebate on e-challan traffic fines to help motorists with multiple pending violations clear their dues, the City Traffic Police have begun collecting pending fines amounting to nearly Rs. 400 crore. According to a notification issued by V.S. Pushpa,…

Streamlining traffic system: Trial run of traffic signal lights at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle
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Streamlining traffic system: Trial run of traffic signal lights at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle

July 31, 2025

Mysore/Mysuru: City Traffic Police on Tuesday switched on the existing traffic signal lights at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Circle (Hardinge Circle) on experimental basis to review the pros and cons of the traffic system. Six prominent roads, namely Albert Victor Road, Bengaluru-Nilgiri Road, Mirza Road, Lokaranjan Mahal Road, Government Guest House Road and Nanjangud Road connects Jayachamaraja…

Traffic Cops rein in erring auto drivers
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Traffic Cops rein in erring auto drivers

June 19, 2025

Over 425 cases booked in two days on June 17 and 18 Mysore/Mysuru: The City Traffic Police have launched a drive against autorickshaw operators for violations, if any, from Tuesday (June 17) and have so far booked over 425 cases. Following complaints from the public, City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar issued directions to DCP (Crime…

Traffic Police check vehicles for school students’ safety
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Traffic Police check vehicles for school students’ safety

June 11, 2025

Enforcement begins tomorrow; violators to face action Mysuru: It is a common sight in the city to see vehicles ferrying schoolchildren overspeeding, carrying more passengers than permitted and flouting traffic rules. In a bid to ensure the safety of school children, the Traffic Police conducted checks on such vehicles across Mysuru this morning, while also…

Fall in Lane: Police urge KSRTC to check traffic congestion caused by buses
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Fall in Lane: Police urge KSRTC to check traffic congestion caused by buses

March 19, 2025

Mysuru: To tackle traffic congestion in Mysuru, the City Traffic Police held a meeting with officials from the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC), seeking their cooperation. The meeting took place at the office of KSRTC Rural Divisional Controller at Bannimantap. Traffic ACP M. Shivashankar, along with senior KSRTC officials, participated in the discussion. They…

City Police crush modified silencers using road roller
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City Police crush modified silencers using road roller

September 4, 2024

Mysuru: In a affirmative action against reckless two-wheeler riders, vrooming off on vehicles fitted with modified and defective silencers producing raucous sound, inconveniencing the public, the City Traffic Police crushed 217 such silencers seized by the personnel of five Traffic Police Stations here, this morning. The silencers were seized in various cases booked in the…

‘Car garbage’
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‘Car garbage’

July 16, 2024

Who should clear abandoned vehicles? Should we complain to Traffic Police or Civil Police, residents ask Mysore/Mysuru: Defunct (scrap) vehicles parked on roadsides for years are marring the city’s beauty and causing concern among residents about their potential use for illegal activities. Residents are uncertain whether to lodge complaints with the Traffic Police or Civil…

Barricades near Sub-Urban Bus Stand arch cause traffic jams
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Barricades near Sub-Urban Bus Stand arch cause traffic jams

May 20, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: The efforts of the Traffic Police to regulate vehicles near the arch opposite the Sub-Urban Bus Stand inadvertently resulted in vehicles getting stranded in the rain yesterday. Devaraja Traffic Police had barricaded both sides of the arch. Vehicles travelling from the Irwin Road side towards Mini Vidhana Soudha were directed to take a left…

Cops put spoke in wheelie stunts
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Cops put spoke in wheelie stunts

August 20, 2023

18 cases booked in a month in city; one arrested and sent to judicial custody; five Special Traffic Police Teams formed Mysore/Mysuru: The City Traffic Police have formed specials team to rein in wheeling cases and have registered 18 cases in a short span of one month. In one of the cases, the accused has…

City Traffic Police help fill Government coffer
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City Traffic Police help fill Government coffer

January 4, 2023

In 2022, Rs. 8,28,13,700 collected from 10,32,091 traffic violation cases Mysuru’s Traffic Police have tried their hardest to curtail traffic violations like overspeeding, rash driving, drunk driving, helmet-less riding or while on the phone by levying heavy fines on the violators. In 2022, Mysuru City Police booked 10,32,091 traffic violation cases and collected a fine…

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