The Hindu 25.11.2010
Collector talks tough on encroachments
KAKINADA: Collector M. Ravi Chandra said cases would be registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Damage to Public Properties Act against those who damage the roads. He issued orders for the immediate removal of encroachments on the highways in the district.
Addressing the road safety committee meeting here on Wednesday, Mr. Ravi Chandra said movement of vehicles in the wrong route was being reported frequently from Jaggampeta-Kattipudi, Kadiyam-Ravulapalem and Kadiyam-Rajanagaram sections. Asking the police to register cases against them and levy a fine to the tune of Rs. 1,000 per light vehicle and Rs. 2,000 per heavy vehicle, Mr. Ravi Chandra said in the event of repetition of the same violation, the driver is liable for an imprisonment of three months.
He advised the police to focus on installing closed circuit cameras at important traffic junctions to record the violations and steps must be taken to install caution boards and streetlights along the highways.
On the movement of tractors on the highways causing damage to the roads, the Collector asked the officials to levy fine on the tractor drivers concerned. Referring to the desilting of roadside canals, he asked officials of the Roads and Buildings department to make it clear in the work order itself that the silt must not be dumped on the road.
He asked the municipal Commissioner to ensure the garbage should not be dumped on the road.
He asked the officials of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation to conduct counselling to their drivers so that they would not cause traffic snarls by stopping the buses in the middle of the road. Joint Collector K. Sasidhar, Superintendent of Police (Admn.) S.J. Janardhan, Deputy Transport Commissioner Praveen Rao and other officials were present.
