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’
July 16, 2024Who 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
May 20, 2024Mysore/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
August 20, 202318 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
January 4, 2023In 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…
City top cop distributes display cards to auto drivers
April 22, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another initiative for the benefit of auto passengers and auto drivers alike, the City Traffic Police are issuing QR Code-enabled display cards for auto drivers. City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta symbolically launched the drive by distributing the display card to a few auto drivers at his office in Nazarbad this morning. Traffic…
Rs. 4 cr. traffic violation fines pending !
March 4, 20212,883 vehicles have traffic fines above Rs. 10,000 Mysore/Mysuru: If you find Traffic Cops lurking at corners of streets every other day, don’t be surprised. Apart from random checking of vehicles and catching offenders, they are hell-bent on spotting vehicles that have fines amounting to more than Rs. 10,000. In Mysuru, there are 2,883 vehicles…
Rs. 1.50 crore collected as traffic fines every month
February 21, 20215,000 violators booked every day, netting a revenue of Rs. 5 lakh As of now no plans of reintroducing drunken driving checks: City Top Cop Mysore/Mysuru: City Traffic Police has been helping the Government to fill its coffers with the huge amounts collected in the form of fines from rule violators. Every day, over 5,000…
49 persons lost lives in road accidents in Mysuru during January-June
July 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As many as 49 persons lost their lives in 309 road accidents that took place across the city in the first six months of this year (Jan.1, 2020 to June 30, 2020). Out of these,13 persons died of head injuries sustained due to helmetless riding. While some died on the spot, others died in…
Traffic Cop prevents lamp post from falling on road
November 27, 2018Mysuru: A City Traffic Police personnel, using his presence of mind has prevented an ornamental electric lamp post from falling on the road near K.R. Circle here yesterday. The Cop, who noticed the lamp post leaning dangerously towards the road, informed the matter to the MCC personnel. MCC’s Abhaya team, which rushed to the spot,…
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