Traffic violation on the rise in city

SHILLONG: Traffic violation is rampant in East Khasi Hills, especially Shillong, with nearly 7,000 traffic offences committed in the district in the last four months.
As per the Shillong Traffic police, 6,948 traffic offences were committed since January till April this year, including 1,820 cases of wrong parking, 1,473 cases of driving without seat belt, 568 cases of driving into no entry zones, 289 cases of drunk driving, 511 cases of obstruction, 123 accidents, 197 cases of driving without helmet, 188 cases of sporting tinted glass and 170 cases of signal violation, among others.
In addition, the traffic police have also realised Rs 24,88,330 by way of fines in the last four months.
According to information, 1,830 violations were detected in January this year followed by 1,976 in February. The numbers reduced to 1,564 in March and 1,578 in April this year.
Speaking to reporters, SP (Traffic) N.K Syiem said while the number of drunk driving cases has reduced in the city but 90 per cent of all traffic offences are from here. He further added that as there is a significant increase in the number of people driving through the one-way route after cops moved away at night, the Shillong Traffic Police would now deploy its men in such routes at night time to ensure that no one breaks the law.
Masks distributed
Meanwhile, a driving institute of the city, Haark’s Driving School, Jaiaw on Wednesday donated 500 masks  for traffic personnel. Wanpynhunlang Nongrum and Evalarisha Shabong, who run the school, said they distributed the masks since traffic personnel are discharging their duties in the most difficult conditions on the roads where they have to inhale harmful pollutants from vehicular emission.