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The constabulary seized 15 bikes from the students who unleashed panic on arterial roads of the municipality connected Monday arsenic they celebrated Pongal successful their colleges.
As the Pongal celebrations are astir to start, Superintendent of Police N. Silambarasan, who assumed bureau a week ago, ordered the constabulary to instrumentality stringent enactment against violators of roadworthy information rules.
When astir of the colleges successful Thoothukudi organised Pongal celebrations connected Tuesday, the students, showing scant respect for roadworthy information rules, were seen riding bikes astatine precocious velocity without helmet. Most of them were seen carrying ‘silambam’ sticks with which they threatened the oncoming vehicles, particularly the women motorcycle riders astatine respective places.
On getting complaints from the affected women and others, the constabulary started conveyance cheque astatine assorted places of Thoothukudi successful which 15 bikes were seized for riders for wearing helmets, bikes with modified silencers causing sound pollution, bikes without registration fig plates, bikes with blaring horns etc.
The bikes were returned lone aft the violators paid the good of ₹40,000.
“The constabulary volition behaviour conveyance cheque crossed the territory hereafter and instrumentality enactment against the motorcycle riders without helmets, bikes without registration fig plates, rash driving, 3 riding connected a bike, two-wheelers with modified silencers etc. The sustained constabulary enactment volition soon marque Thoothukudi 100% helmet compliance and marque roads safer for women, children and the elder citizens,” Mr. Silambarasan assured.
