MUMBAI: The Bombay high
court on Wednesday directed that street signs and markings be put up on
roads across the city. A division bench of Chief JusticeMohit Shah and Justice Anoop Mohta
also asked the state to implement the recommendation of the
high-powered traffic committee (see story above) to digitize vehicle
registration records and share the data with the police.

The court was hearing a PIL filed by the Bombay Bar Association
(BBA) and city-based advocate Armin Wandrewala complaining about
indiscipline on city roads and seeking stricter implementation of
traffic rules. The traffic panel has said, “The quality of road markings
on major roads should be improved. There is a need to have good signage
and markings such as zebra crossings, stop lines, arrows, yellow boxes,
and no-parking boxes; bus bays need to be properly marked at all
junctions. Lack of good signage… restrict the safe and smooth movement
of motorists and pedestrians.”

Assistant government pleader J S
Saluja told the court that the transport department already had digital
data of all post-2006 vehicle registrations and was in the process of
digitizing the pre-2006 records. The court asked the state to share the
data with the traffic police to crack down on traffic offenders. The
court has scheduled further hearing of the matter for April 25.