STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Senior Superintendent of Police Traffic City has advised motorists, vehicle operators to park their vehicles in designated parking slot and avoid the illegal/wrong parking on either side of the roads in light of the increasing Traffic volume in the Jammu city.
“The Vehicles found wrongly parked on the road shall be towed/seized or appropriate action under the provisions of the amended Motor Vehicle Act shall be taken accordingly” a hand out issued today stated.
The penalty against wrong parking/obstructing traffic under the provisions of MV Act/rule 1988 ( amended by Act. No. 32/2019) u/s179,117/122/177 are Rs. 5000/- and punishable u/s 177.
The people have been advised to use the JDA Multilayer parking Bus Stand/Indira Chowk with 1212 LMVs parking capacity as the same is located in the core of City area so that the roads of the surrounding area are kept absolutely free for road users.
Further, the vehicle operators have been advised not to park their vehicles beyond the marked white line of road wherever applicable as per their convenience and not on roads in any manner.
The department has further asked the general public, especially the shopkeepers/owners of the private commercial establishments of Talab Tillo-Jewel Chowk- Janipur-Sarwal- New Plot- Rehari- K.C Crossing- B.C.Road/ Bus Stand-Gumat Bazar- Vinayak Bazar, Science College Road, Prem Nagar-Gujjar Nagar- Prem Nager- Circular Road, Palace Road -Parade-Kachi Chowni, Shalamar-Indira Chowk-Super Speciality Hospital Road- Maheshpora-Bakshi Nagar bazaar not to park their vehicles on the roads which cause chaos and obstruction.