The city traffic police on Tuesday launched its official website to provide comprehensive details and information to citizens on issues and queries regarding traffic
The city traffic police on Tuesday launched its official website to provide comprehensive details and information to citizens on issues and queries regarding traffic, transportation and public transport in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad areas.
Additional commissioner of police (south region) CG Kumbhar, who was serving his last day in office, launched the website. Pune police chief Meeran Chadha Borwankar, joint commissioner of police (law and order) Sanjeev Singhal, deputy commissioner (traffic) Vishwas Pandhare and other senior officers were present at the police headquarters in Shivajinagar.
According to the traffic police, the website has features, including information on traffic offences and compounding fees (fines), documents that need to be carried by vehicle users, and ‘do’s and don’ts’ for pedestrians, bicyclists, bus commuters, two-wheeler riders, motor vehicle users and drivers of buses and other heavy vehicles.
Details like increase in number of vehicles in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, number of accidents, including fatalities, seriously injured persons, and the number of traffic offences and fines (compounding fees) collected yearly will be uploaded.
For bus commuters, the site provides a link to the PMPML’s ‘Pune bus guide’, which was launched by Janwani of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture.
The website also provides maps of each of the 30 traffic divisions, and the parking and no-parking areas in each division. Also, the citizens can also access information about all the major traffic junctions, traffic signal cycles and signal timings during the day and night hours.
The website will also carry emergency contact numbers of hospitals, crane services and latest updates on traffic situations, besides important links to government offices, transport departments, and the Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations’ areas.
Details on road signs, road regulations, Right to Information Act, citizens’ suggestions and complaints about traffic, helpline numbers, and how citizens can join the SMS alert service of the traffic police, have been provided on the website.
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