Summary:
There is a shortage of men, as the district police deploy most of their personnel for crime control. There is a need for a separate police wing to monitor highways and expressways. Only 164 drivers have been challaned for rash driving over this period. To curb the menace of speeding, we are going to introduce radar guns, so that policemen can themselves detected speeding vehicles and challan them.”Uttar Pradesh traffic police additional director-general Monmohan Bashal said, “We will conduct a review meeting with the four district police units as well as with private concessionaire and find a solution to restrict speeding of vehicles.” AGRA: Since August, 2012, when the Yamuna Expressway was opened for traffic, over 2.3 crore vehicles were detected breaking the speed limit till December 31, 2017, but only 17,883 were issued challans by traffic police in four UP districts of Agra, Aligarh, Mathura and Gautam Budh Nagar ..