Traffic Police Rural intensify enforcement drives, tighten noose against truck drivers using pressure horns

Posted by admin_kas on 2025-12-04 08:19:50 |

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Muhammad Adnan

Srinagar, Dec 4: The Traffic Police in Rural Kashmir have intensified its enforcement drive across Kashmir to tighten its noose against the traffic violators.

Besides other violations, the Traffic Police (Rural) department has also tightened its noose against the truck drivers for using pressure horns in their vehicles, causing unnecessary noise on highway and other roads.

On Wednesday, the traffic Police (Rural) launched a massive enforcement drive in different parts of south Kashmir and removed pressure horns from the trucks.

"These pressure horns cause harmful noise pollution and inconvenience to the general masses. Drivers are not allowed to use these horns in trucks," Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic Rural Kashmir, Ravinder Pal Singh said.

The enforcement drive was conducted in Pampore area beides other locations of Pulwama and Shopian traffic police jurisdiction.

The drive was led by SSP Traffic Rural Kashmir along with DySP traffic Pulwama- Shopian as well.

The move comes a day after the traffic police conducted an enforcement drive in north Kashmir area and issued Challans against the traffic violators.

As already reported, the Traffic Police in rural Kashmir has tightened its noose against the violators and enforcement teams are deputed to different spots to curb the traffic violations.

"Our focus mainly remains to curb the practice of minors driving two-wheelers or four wheelers without a proper license. We are acting tough against their parents as well," SSP traffic said.

He said they are also reaching out to schools and colleges to create awareness among the students about the traffic rules.

"We have been advocating that the schools must teach students about traffic rules from primary classes," he said.

Meanwhile, during the drive in the south Kashmir area, the enforcement teams issued various Challans against the violators of the traffic rules.

"Special focus was given to remove Pressure horns from the vehicles. Some of the heavy motor vehicles were intercepted and most of them were using pressure horns," SSP Ravinder Pal Singh said.

He said that in wake of the enforcement drive for the last many days, the drivers have already started removing the pressure horns.

"But the vehicle which was caught using the pressure horn during the drive, it was removed on spot and the violators were challaned as per the law," he said.

He said the enforcement drives will continue to curb the violations and also to tighten noose against the drivers for using pressure horns.