Gujarat govt nod for traffic police stations, first 14 in Ahmedabad

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Additional CP (Traffic) Harekrishna Patel said, “The state government has sanctioned the opening of 14 traffic police stations. We had requested them to give one traffic police station to every two regular police stations, understanding the growing importance of smart traffic management and a watch to control reckless drivers, accidents and traffic snarls.”

These 14 new traffic police stations would come up in 14 divisions of Ahmedabad police, supervised by one assistance police commissioner. Patel and his existing team of two DCPs and one ACP would supervise the functioning of these stations.

These police stations would take up the investigation into accidents, hit-and-run cases and other issues related to traffic.

Also, the state government has allowed the first phase of recruiting policemen directly to the Traffic department. In the first phase, 1,012 applicants would be recruited.

These traffic policemen would continue to work for the Traffic department throughout their service period.