Lok Sabha
Delhi Traffic Police has prosecuted 1233 blueline buses during the current year up to 31st October for plying without speed governors. In the same period, 85 persons have been killed by blueline buses in Delhi. In the year 2005, 157 persons were killed by blueline buses in the Capital.
The drivers of blueline buses who try to overtake other blueline buses to get more passengers are prosecuted for wrong overtaking and other traffic violations as and when such instances come to the notice of traffic police personnel.
24 personnel of Delhi Traffic Police were arrested between 2003 and 31st October 2006 in connection with corruption charges. All these personnel have been suspended and departmental action initiated against them. Out of them, 6 police personnel have so far been dismissed from service.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Home, Shri S. Regupathy in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
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