Mangaluru: City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH has warned that strict action will be taken against vehicles transporting fish if found not adhering to rules, especially spillage of fish water on the road.
He said a total of 604 cases have been registered this year against vehicles that spilled fish water on the roads in the city. Police have collected Rs 3 lakh as penalty from those vehicles. This year, police have booked 30% more cases compared to last year, the commissioner said.
Reacting to the issue raised by the media, Reddy said that police have been acting against such violations. When the issue of spilling of fish water from trucks was brought to the notice of the commissioner, he said that violating the law will encourage others to follow it. With regard to vehicles which were not fitted with boxes to collect waste water, the commissioner said that police have been checking the said vehicles to ensure there are no leakages. Signboards have been displayed on certain roads restricting such violations, he said, adding that strict action against violations will continue.
“There are rules and action will be taken in all instances of any kind of violation of law. they will never halt our progress,” he assured While resource constraints may cause delays.