158 buses with tinted glasses challaned in 7 years

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 19

The Ludhiana Commissionerate performed poorly when it comes to challaning buses with tinted or black film glasses. As per the data obtained under the Right to Information Act by RTI activist Rohit Sabharwal, on an average the Ludhiana police issued just two challans per month to owners found plying buses with tinted films.

“From 2015 to 2021, the police issued 158 challans to buses with tinted glasses. So on an average, 23 challans were issued per year,” te RTI states.

The month-wise data of challans issued by the traffic police revealed that maximum 57 challans were issued in the year 2021, followed by 49 in 2020, 17 in 2018, 12 in 2019, 10 in 2014, nine in 2017, four in 2016.

After the incident of Delhi gang rape in moving bus in 2012, the Supreme Court had ordered strict action against buses using tinted films or curtains, which stop the view from outside. The Apex Court had the directed the Director Generals of Police and Commissioners of Police of all states and union territories to strictly comply with the aforesaid SC judgment on the use of tinted glasses in vehicles, or else face contempt of court action. —

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