On the last day of the week-long drive against jaywalking, the two mobile courts yesterday cracked down on unfit vehicles and vehicles driving on the wrong side of the road at Farmgate, Karwan Bazar and Banglamotor area.
A total of 45 jaywalkers and 79 vehicle owners were fined Tk38,870 for breaking traffic laws, Executive Magistrate Md Sarwar Alam told the Dhaka Tribune.
The mobile court led by him at Karwan Bazar and Farmgate points fined 18 jaywalkers and 43 vehicles Tk21,450 while another mobile court led by Executive Magistrate Abdul Kuddus at Banglamotor fined 37 jaywalkers and 36 vehicle owners Tk16,720.
“They were fined for jaywalking, driving unfit vehicles, and also driving vehicles on the wrong side,” said Sarwar Alam.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) began the anti-jaywalking drive on October 27 with the two mobile courts between Farmgate police box and Hotel Ruposhi Bangla intersection. The mobile courts also conducted drive against illegal makeshift shops and vendors occupying footpaths.
The drive appears to have yielded a positive result as the majority of pedestrians complied with rules while crossing roads at three points in the capital city yesterday.
Though the mobile courts did not operate during the weekend, most of the pedestrians still took footbridges to cross roads.
When contacted, DMP Joint Commissioner (traffic) Mosleh Uddin told the Dhaka Tribune that though the drive had ended yesterday, police on duty would continue to monitor jaywalking.
