KOLKATA: Police on Friday prosecuted 660 two-wheelers for plying illegally in the city.
Two-wheelers have been responsible for 15 accidents leading to three deaths and 21 injuries in the past week in Kolkata. On Thursday alone, there were four accidents.
Kolkata Police will relaunch some of its on-road training programmes from next week for two-wheeler riders.
At the heart of this is a training module used successfully in the past two years — the entire focus is to make two-wheeler riders and pedestrians aware of the blind spots for heavier commercial vehicles like buses and trucks and ask them to stick to lanes. The target will mainly be owners of bikes and scooters but cyclists may be included in the list later on.
Pedestrian First convenor Prashant Inamdar had recently said, “The focus should be on the enforcement system, and penalty collection system, which will yield good results in the future. We have to look for out-of-the-box solutions to enforce the helmet rule in the city. There is a need to take a re-look at the entire issue once again in the larger interests of citizens.”
The police said that they are likely to get in touch with the transport department about plying of two-wheelers.
“We cannot hold training sessions at traffic guards due to pandemic. We can, however, hold some basic classes with help of transport department. On Friday, a bike crashed into another two-wheeler at Phoolbagan, injuring a 23-year-old woman,” said a senior officer.
In 2019, there had been 177 fatal accidents. In 2020, there were 112 due to prolonged lockdown phases. In 2021, total fatal accidents stand at 125 so far, in which 134 persons were killed.
