MS Nazki
Poonch: Even after a case was registered against a sumo driver in Poonch, locals continue to rue the attitude of traffic and law enforcement agencies for playing down the issue of unbridled overloading of passenger vehicles in the district.
Locals while talking to GNS said that the passenger vehicles plying on different routes including; Poonch, Mandi, Surankote, Mendhar are undeterred even as law enforcement agencies are giving them a free hand. It has been observed that the vehicles plying on the roads in rural areas are violating the traffic rules while Traffic Department has miserably failed to keep a check on the menace.
Another local holding the Traffic Department responsible for the increase in accidents told that, “they (traffic department) has failed to check the overloading of buses, mini-buses and other vehicles which have off and on lead to fatal accidents in the district”.
Despite attempts made by GNS to reach the concerned authorities, no response was provided by any of the officials’. The contact numbers provided by officials’ to the public are either not working or no response is provided.
Pertinent to mention here, that police had on Wednesday arrested a Tata Sumo driver and seized the vehicle for over loading after a picture went viral on social media.
