Now, Rs 10K fine for drunk-driving, Rs 1k for helmet, seatbelt violation

August 4, 2016

New Delhi, Aug 4: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill, 2016, providing for hefty penalties for violation of road safety rules. The fine for driving without licence goes up ten times to Rs. 5,000 while penalty for drunken driving increases fivefold to Rs. 10,000.

drunk copy The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"The important provisions include increase in compensation for hit-and-run cases from Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 2 lakh. It also provides for compensation up to Rs. 10 lakh in road accidents fatalities," an official release said.

The Cabinet also recommended that for persons without helmets the new proposed penalty would Rs. 1,000 apart from suspension of licence for three months. The current penalty is Rs. 100.

For seat belt violation, new proposed penalty is Rs. 1,000, up from Rs. 100.

For driving without insurance, the proposed penalty is Rs. 2,000, up from Rs. 1,000.

For offences by juveniles, the guardian/owner shall be deemed to be guilty. They will have to pay a penalty of Rs. 25,000 apart from three-year imprisonment. The juvenile will be tried under the Juvenile Justice Act and registration of his or her motor vehicle will be cancelled.

The bill provides amendments in various penalties. While the old penalty for violating road rules was Rs. 100, the new minimum penalty is Rs. 500.

Similarly, the penalty for speeding was Rs. 400, but the proposed penalties for LMV (light motor vehicle) is Rs. 1,000 and for medium passenger vehicle Rs. 2,000.

The new proposed penalty for unauthorised use of vehicles without license would go up to Rs. 5,000 from Rs. 1,000.

For travelling without ticket, new proposed penalty is Rs. 500 which goes up from Rs. 200.

For driving despite disqualification, the new penalty is Rs. 10,000, which is now Rs. 500. The new proposed penalty for dangerous driving would go up to Rs. 5,000 from Rs. 1,000.

For disobedience of orders of authorities, the new proposed penalty is Rs. 2,000, compared with Rs. 500 at present.

The vehicle without permit will now have to pay up to Rs. 10,000. For aggregators (violations of licencing conditions) the proposed penalty would be Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 1,00,000.

The new proposed penalty for overloading is Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 2,000 per extra tonne. For not providing way for emergency vehicles the proposed penalty is Rs. 10,000. For overloading of passengers, the penalty would be Rs. 1000 per extra passenger.

"The bill also proposes to mandate the automated fitness testing for the transport vehicles with effect from 1st October 2018. This would reduce corruption in the Transport Department while improving the road worthiness of the vehicle," said the statement.

"The penalties are also proposed for deliberate violation of safety/environmental regulations as well as body builders and spare part suppliers," it added.

For overloading of two wheelers, new proposed penalty is Rs. 2,000 and disqualification of licence for three months. Currently, the penalty is Rs. 100.

Comments

It's a must...good move..
But our policemen will benefit from it.....100 rupee Rishwat will be 300..first impose heavy punishment for bribe demanding policemen...

N Modi will plan world tour soon in the coming months. Yahooooo . Good that there will be less accidents and Jai Modi ji Jai Ho

MAKE IN INDIA ...........

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Guatemalan national intercepted at Bengaluru airport egests 150 cocaine capsules

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March 7,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Customs officials intercepted a Guatemalan national at Kempegowda International Airport here on March 2 and recovered cocaine.

The accused confessed that she had swallowed 150 cocaine capsules and concealed a tube-like structure in her vagina.

The passenger egested the total 1.385 kg of cocaine (150 cocaine capsules) over a period of two days, under medical supervision. She has been arrested.

Further, an investigation is underway.

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'Home quarantine stamped people to be arrested if found in public places'

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Following the alarming increase in Coronavirus cases, Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Monday said that those subjected to home quarantine stamping would be arrested if they were found to visit public places.

"5,000 Home quarantine stamping was carried to ensure that they remain in home and not to be seen in public places for their own interest as well as in an attempt to prevent spread of Coronavirus", he tweeted.

"I have received information on some of those stamped are moving in BMTC (Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation) buses and sitting in restaurants. Please call 100, these people will be picked up, arrested and sent to government quarantine," Rao said.

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Mangalore University Campus Bird Count - 2020

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February 23,2020

Mangalore University has been participating in the campus bird count a sub-event of ‘Great backyard bird count’ (GBBC) organized by Bird Count India for the past 5 years. This year, CBC was held from 14th to 17th February of 2020 across various campuses in India.

This year the four days event was successfully ended up with the sightings of 103 species of birds from various locations across the campus spread on 300 acres. In this Black Drongo, Black Kite, Brahminy Kite, Common Iora, Green Wabler, Purple-rumed Sunbird, Red-whiskered Bulbul, White-cheeked Barbet, Jungle Babbler and Plum headed parakeets were the common birds, and also observed House Crow with nest and nestlings, Indian Robin nest with eggs, Bronzed Drongo constructing the nest and Shikra mating and carrying nesting materials. Whereas Yellow-billed Babbler is rare in the campus, Ashy Drongo, Barn Swallow, Booted Eagle, Grey Wagtail, Indian Pitta etc. were migratory birds, Grey-headed Bulbul (Near Threatened bird), Rufous Babbler and Grey-headed Bulbul were Western Ghats Endemics and Brown Wood Owl, Barn Owl, Spotted Owlet, Nightjars (Savanna, Indian and Jerdon’s) and Sri Lanka Frogmouth were nocturnal birds. Blue-eared Kingfisher Grey-bellied Cuckoo which was very rare and new additions to avian list of the campus.

In the first year (2016) of Mangalore University’s CBC recorded 77 species, in 2017 recorded 95 species, in 2018 recorded 110 species and in 2019 recorded 107 species of birds. However some of the common species like Rose ringed parakeets, Blue tailed bee-eater, Nilgiri Flowerpecker and Indian roller etc., sighted last year were not seen this year. But with 2 new additions from this CBC, the checklist of Mangalore University Campus has been updated with a total of 141 species.

This event was coordinated by Vivek Hasyagar from the Department of Applied Zoology and Maxim Rodrigues from the Department of Marine Geology. Survey trails were led by more than 60 students and research scholars from various Departments of Mangalore University includes Applied Zoology, Biosciences, Microbiology, Botany, Physics, Chemistry and Material Science. In addition, some enthusiastic participants from St. Aloysius College had involved in identifying the birds around the campus.

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Wild/planned fire affects negatively on the existing ecologically sensitive areas in and around the campus especially in lateritic grasslands. Because many insectivorous birds are dependent on these lateritic grassland habitats for their food and breeding grounds for many ground dwelling birds like Yellow wattled lapwing, Red wattled lapwing, Indian Robin and Barred buttonquails. Conserving these habitats will be helpful in protecting these birds.

Quotes from the participants: “The Campus Bird Count 2020 at Mangalore University was an experience of its own kind. Observing birds in their natural habitat gave me new perspective of viewing them not only as another living being, but as equals, or even of higher intelligence. The Campus Bird Count is an important step towards documenting bird life year after year, and creating awareness amongst youngsters, so that proper conservation steps can be taken to protect them from human interference”.

-Jyotsna Dessai ( 1 M.Sc Zoology)