Bhubaneswar Cuttack Police Commisionerate are all set to introduce an e-challan system to penalise traffic violators. In this handheld devices will be used to issue challans on the spot for traffic-related violations. The system will also enable the police to collect penalty through…
Uber, the smartphone app that matches riders with drivers, today launched uberAUTO in Bhubaneswar and Coimbatore. “Auto-rickshaws play a big part in city transport, and uberAUTO will help transform the existing transportation options by using the best-in-class technology,” a release…
The Telegraph writes: Petrol pumps in Rourkela are strictly implementing the “No helmet No petrol” rule – a decision taken by the authorities on Saturday. Following several incidents of heated arguments at petrol pumps, the authorities have also posted one constable each…
The Telegraph writes: The driving license card readers would enable the police to find out traffic offences committed by the licence holder in the past and ascertain whether it was suspended for prior violations. It will also help to find out…
After a gruelling day of labour, a roadside vendor Achyuta Behera and a farmer Umesh Chandra Pani, moonlight as first-aid responders. When engineering and construction firm IL&FS rolled out a training programme for quicker responses to road accidents as a…
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Traffic posts in bhubaneswar will have automated public address systems to clear passage of ambulances. When an ambulance approaches a traffic post, the public address system will automatically ask people to give way to the emergency vehicle. Police had asked the BMC to…
Licence seekers in bhubaneswar will be put through electronically simulated driving test track first from today.Designed to look like a prototype of a car with brakes, accelerator, steering, clutch and gear in place, the contraption offers a computerized driving experience…
Meet home-guard Benudhar Sahu, 39, who to many is the Billy Bowden on the traffic pitch. Like the famed umpire’s antics, home-guard Sahu’s swift arm movement and almost non-stop whistling bring one stream of traffic to a halt, while…
Bhubaneswar will finally have the privilege of getting traffic updates on the drive as the Commissionerate Police has moved to disseminate traffic related information through FM radios. The broadcasts could in all likelihood commence by April. They will provide real-time…