Itanagar, May 13: A meeting to discuss the various modalities of easing   traffic congestion and also for adopting   various measures to check violations of traffic rules in the Capital Complex   was conducted today by the Deputy Commissioner Capital Complex Himanshu Gupta   here at his chamber with SP Capital Tumme Amo and DTO Capital Complex C Wangsu and his staff.
DC informed that an enforcement drive would be conducted jointly by the magistrates, police and MVIs   w.e.f   May 16 to check violation of traffic rules like vehicles without proper documentation, commercial vehicles   without   plying permits, vehicles with tinted glass, two wheelers without helmets & number plates etc. He further informed that defaulters and violators would be challaned heavily and those found without permit would be externed out from Capital Complex and the impounded vehicles would be kept at the parking lot building at Bank Tinali.
District Administration would also take up a study on vehicle density to find out the optimum density for Capital Complex and till the study is completed, no fresh registration of Auto/ Trekker/ Tempo etc would be allowed, DC informed. Plying of heavy vehicles except school buses and IMC garbage trucks from Naharlagun to Itanagar and vice versa through NH 415 and Jollang road from 8 am to 6 pm has also been banned till further order. APST buses and commercial passenger buses plying to various districts and other states have also been directed to operate from ISBT Lekhi only. 
SP Capital Tumme Amo also informed that special teams would be formed to check traffic violations round the clock at all important stretches and  haphazard parking would also be checked during the drive. The DC and   SP will visit all the prominent locations of Capital Complex that witness highest traffic jams and will work out ways to ease traffic congestion.
The DC has appealed with the denizens of Capital Complex to cooperate with the administration and abide by the rules and regulations for the sake of  public safety. Among others, EAC Itanagar Hengo Basar also  attended the meeting. DIPRO

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