BARA: District Police Office, Bara has stationed its teams including traffic police personnel at various villages in the district to bring traffic negligence under control by carrying out vehicle checking.

Police started the initiative in rural areas of the district in order to bring under control cases of accidents, which have increased in recent times, said spokesperson at the DPO, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ranjit Singh Rathore.

Various discrepancies have been noted in compliance with traffic rules in rural Bara such as motorcyclists not wearing helmets and overloading their motorbikes, driving under the influence of alcohol, not carrying required documents while driving or riding, among others. DSP Rathore added that the initiative was started to check such shortcomings and raise public awareness.

Under the initiative, on Tuesday, police team including personnel from temporary traffic police post in Kalaiya intercepted and took action against 21 vehicles from three different locations in the district.