Panaji: Traffic police are acting against unauthorised vehicles parked across Panaji. A total of 1,070 cases of obstructive parking and parking violations along D B Marg have been booked since Jan this year. Additionally, 210 notices have been issued under the Motor Vehicles Act to violators for obstructive parking and no parking violation zones this year. A letter recommending cancellation of permits for 18 taxis, with multiple violations, has been sent to the transport department.Show cause notices have been issued to these habitual offenders by the department, govt told the high court in a suo motu writ petition on improving traffic in the city.
To ensure smooth traffic flow, staff from the traffic cell have been deployed at key locations along D B Marg, NIO Dona Paula Circle, Miramar Circle, indoor stadium, Kala Academy, Panaji market, Panaji ferry, Customs House, casino entry points and Divja Circle, govt told the high court. Govt also submitted that staff deployed near the casinos have been directed to divert buses to the internal road behind the old secretariat for pick-ups/drop-offs.
An officer from the traffic cell has been deployed at the integrated command and control centre (ICCC) at Altinho to monitor movement of vehicles through cameras and to respond at the ground-level. Representatives from the traffic cell, police department, and transport department have been given access to the monitoring, records, and the live feed at the ICCC at all times, the high court was told.They have also been provided with access to real-time data from the smart city cameras of different vehicles entering and exiting the city to help regulate the entry of heavy vehicles such as sewage trucks and goods carriers.
The Captain of Ports department had last Dec directed casinos to handle their sewage at the CoP jetty between 10pm and 7am.