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VASCO
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday claimed the traffic sentinel scheme had been a haphazard initiative which had rendered the traffic police lazy.
NCP has demanded that the government either go in for fresh recruitment in the traffic department or pass on the benefits of the sentinel scheme to the traffic police officials so that it could provide them some incentives and also boost their morale.
NCP State President Jose Phillip D’Souza along with NCP Minority Chairman Nazir Khan along with other members addressed a news conference in Vasco on Friday morning. “The traffic sentinel scheme was a good initiative but the haphazard implementation made it look like a money-making racket. Why are traffic violations by several trailers and trucks parked along the roadside right in front of traffic cell of Vasco police station in a no-parking area not captured by the traffic cell or the sentinels?”
“Where is the awareness of traffic rules by implementing the sentinel scheme? In fact, it has made the traffic police lazy. If a person is booked by a traffic police, he will pay the fine and also inform his family and friends about the rule of wearing helmet in the city.”
“If the sentinel has to be adopted, let the benefits go to the traffic police who will work with more enthusiasm and create more awareness,” said D’Souza.
“We agree that traffic rules should be maintained, but this sentinel scheme has made the sentinel rich, with people earning in thousands of rupees per month by clicking photos of motorists,” he added.
Meanwhile, NCP Minority Chairman said the government should go in for a mass recruitment drive in the traffic cell if the staff is less, instead of getting traffic sentinel and registering random volunteers without checking their backgrounds.
