SAFETY FIRST: The company to charge Rs 50 for 1st offence, Rs 100 for second and Rs 300 for third
In an attempt to ensure that its staff follow traffic rules and don’t end up paying hefty fines proposed under the new Motor Vehicle Act, the Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd (PGVCL) has made mandatory for its employees including officers to follow traffic rules.
The company in a letter to its employees said that all those who come to the office on a vehicle will have to wear a helmet or seat belt depending on the vehicles they drive.
“A meeting was held on September 9 to ensure that the new provisions of Motor Vehicle Act are followed and it was decided in the meeting that employees will be fined for not wearing a helmet or seat belt while driving to the office,” said the letter.
AHEAD OF RULE
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- Even before new fines came into effect several companies and colleges had begun implementing traffic norms
- LD Arts College had refused entry to its students, who failed to wear helmet while driving into premise
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The company said it will be charging Rs 50 for the first offence, Rs 100 for the second offence and Rs 300 for the third offence.
“The fine will be directly debited from the violator’s salary. If a person is found violating the norms for more than three times then a day’s salary will be deducted by way of fines for repeat offenders,” said the company.
PGVCL is a power distribution company and the largest of all such companies under the Gujarat government. Its area of operation is mainly Saurashtra and Kutch.
Apparently, even before the new fines came into effect several organisations and colleges in Gujarat had begun implementing the traffic norms. LD Arts College had refused entry to any of its students, who failed to wear a helmet while driving into college premise.
Girish Puranik, In-Charge principal of LD Arts College said that the rule has ensured that students who drive to college wear their helmets. “We decided against putting a fine as it was far more easy to deny entry to students to the premise if they drove without a helmet than to collect fines,” said Puranik.
It should be noted that the Gujarat government has slashed the fines under the Motor Vehicle Act that was decided by the Centre although it remains substantially higher than the fines that were charged earlier.
Moreover, the government that was to implement the new rules from September 16 extended it to September 30 for PUC certificates and October 16th for getting HSRP number plates.
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