PANAJI
The figures were disclosed by Chief Minister and Home Minister Manohar Parrikar in reply to a question tabled by Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, Canacona MLA Isidore Fernandes and Quepem MLA Chandrakant "Babu" Kavalekar.
The House was informed that as a part of community policing, Goa traffic police has created an account on Facebook wherein members of public can actively participate by uploading pictures of traffic violations witnessed by them as well as post their comments or suggestions on the prevailing traffic scenario in Goa.
A total of 404 violations have been reported through Facebook during last three years, it was disclosed. The number of violations brought to the notice of the cops via Facebook has gone up steadily from only 29 in 2014 to 126 last year.
"This year onwards violations and comments or suggestions are being received through email also. From January till June this year, 653 violations have been reported through email," the reply stated further.
An average of 3.5 lakh persons is booked for traffic violations every year since
2015. Around 2.27 lakh people have been booked by the traffic police in the first half of this year.
Meanwhile, the state government also said that a total of 158 fatal accidents have been registered till June this year. In 2016, 320 fatal accidents were recorded.
