- Eight trucks seized, advantageous of greater than Rs 12 lakh
- During the operation, the brokers managed to flee by taking benefit of the darkness of the night time.
Umesh Chandra Tripathi
Maharajganj. The administration has adopted a strict stance relating to the lengthy standing complaints of cutting and overloading of cargo trucks at the Sonauli border positioned on the India-Nepal worldwide border. In a particular operation performed late on Sunday night time, a joint workforce of administrative, police and transport departments performed intensive raids until round 1 am. During this era, a complete of 8 cargo trucks discovered violating the guidelines had been seized, whereas a advantageous of greater than Rs 12 lakh was collected in varied circumstances. 5 trucks had been loaded with marble and 3 with scraps. This action was taken beneath the joint supervision of Sub-District Magistrate Nautanwan Naveen Kumar, Police Area Officer Nautanwan Ankur Gautam and ARTO (Enforcement) Maharajganj Manoj Kumar Singh, Sonauli Kotwali in-cost Ajit Pratap Singh and officers of the Transport Department. The officers remained on the spot and led the whole operation and ensured action was taken as per the guidelines. During this time, taking benefit of the darkness of the night time, the brokers managed to flee.
Let us inform you that the administration was repeatedly receiving complaints that some truck drivers and brokers at Sonauli border had been making an attempt to move by breaking the line and cutting the items trucks. Due to this, there have been lengthy queues of trucks at the border, jammed situations and the drivers who adopted the guidelines actually had been going through quite a bit of bother. Along with this, many cargo automobiles had been overloading by carrying extra items than the prescribed capability, as a consequence of which there was a chance of injury to the roads and main accidents. During the raid, trucks had been weighed, crucial paperwork had been checked and fast action was taken if any violation of guidelines was discovered. Vehicles discovered overloaded had been seized, whereas others had been fined closely beneath the Motor Vehicles Act.
The officers stated in clear phrases that cutting and overloading of items trucks at Sonauli border won’t be tolerated beneath any circumstances. This isn’t solely a violation of the regulation, but in addition a menace to the safety of the border space, visitors system and life and property of the basic public. Such campaigns will likely be continued recurrently in future additionally. The administration has appealed to the transporters and drivers to comply with the guidelines, transport items inside the prescribed weight restrict and comply with the line system created at the border. The administration has a transparent message that those that respect the guidelines won’t face any issues, however strict action will likely be taken towards those that break the guidelines.