Kalakote: Overloading poses threat to lives of passengers, Police in slumber

Overloading in passenger vehicles has become a headache for the residents of Solki and adjoining areas in Rajouri Distt.

Riaz Choudhary (GNS)
Rajouri, March 12 –

“Jam packed passenger vehicles run on hilly roads. No one is there to check these and lives of passengers are put at stake everyday,” said residents of Dharamsal Solki Manji Dhara Chappar.

In absence of any vigil by the traffic authorities, the buses and other passenger vehicles here resort to heavy overloading at the cost of passengers’ life.

The women commuters complained there were no separate seats for them in the public transport. Solki residents demanded action against erring drivers.

“The overloading has become a menace,” said Vijay Sharma, a Dharamsal village resident.

When contacted Dysp Traffic Rajouri Mohd Zubair said, “The drivers found guilty of overloading will be dealt with under law and overcrowding will not be allowed whatever the circumstances.”

He said: “We lodge many FIR in the recent past and we will also take action against the driver who overloaded the vehicle,” he added.