14-07-2025
Belagavi police shift focus to traffic regulation, adopt tech-based enforcement
Belagavi: In a major initiative to streamline traffic, Belagavi City Police redeployed 90% of its personnel from penalising traffic violators to managing traffic flow across the city.
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The move aims to address growing public concerns over poor traffic regulation due to police personnel being preoccupied with issuing penalties.
City police commissioner Bhushan Borase, in an official video statement, announced that the enforcement of traffic rules will now rely heavily on technology. "Instead of stopping vehicles on the road, we will use CCTV cameras installed under the Smart City project across the city, body-worn cameras, and mobile phones to capture violations.
Penalty challans will be sent directly to the vehicle owner's WhatsApp number or via SMS digitally," he explained.
Borase emphasised that police officers who were earlier focused on penalising riders without helmets or drivers without seatbelts will now be tasked with traffic management duties at key junctions to ease congestion.
Addressing another civic concern, the commissioner said the department wrote to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Public Works Department (PWD), and Belagavi City Corporation (BCC), urging them to promptly repair pothole-ridden roads, which are hindering smooth traffic movement.
He also appealed to citizens to support the initiative by following basic safety norms such as wearing helmets and fastening seatbelts.
