Gurgaon: Traffic police can't stop or challan vehicles at night

The traffic police can challan a driver with the permission of higher authorities.

The Gurgaon DCP Traffic has issued new guidelines for traffic personnel deployed at night. As per the instructions, no challans shall be issued to vehicles at night to avoid driver inconvenience. However, if necessary, the police can challan a driver with the permission of higher authorities.

“It has come to the notice of the undersigned that the traffic police personnel deployed at night are unnecessarily stopping vehicles of common people and harassing them and are also unnecessarily issuing challans for vehicles,” the department said.

The letter also highlighted the duties of the traffic personnel deployed at night. The personnel should focus more on guiding and helping common people and drivers.

“The traffic personnel deployed at night should play an important role as Traffic Police by guiding and helping the common people and drivers and arranging safe routes to take them to their destinations and in case of a road accident. The injured persons should be immediately admitted to the nearest trauma centre and the accident-hit vehicles should be immediately removed from the main road and traffic should be allowed to run smoothly.”

According to media reports, the new guidelines aim to enhance the convenience of commuters and reduce delays, when travelling at night.

Source: TOI