In a bid to limit vehicular traffic and ensure smooth passage for ambulances and vehicles for essential and emergency services, the Mumbai Police has started a system of colour-coded stickers for such vehicles, according to several media reports.
Mumbai police introduces colour-coded passes for essential services vehicles. Red colour passes will be for all medical staff. Green for food and yellow for other essential services. Those found misusing the passes will face legal action: Hemant Nagrale, CP, Mumbai #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/sZEBxes9SM
— ANI (@ANI) April 18, 2021
"We are strictly implementing the lockdown policies stated by the government and now we are limiting vehicle flow on the roads. As a result of that, at important checknakas and toll naka, there are traffic jams and in these traffic jams, doctors, nurses, medical staff and medical vehicles like ambulances and medical supply vehicles are getting trapped.
As a solution to this, we are starting a policy of self sticking stickers (sic) to be used by doctors, medical staff and the vehicles supplying essentials," Mumabi Police Commissioner Nagrale said in a video on Saturday.
Help Us Identify You! @CPMumbaiPolice explains how those under 'Essential Services' can put up stickers belonging to their category on their vehicles for easy movement at nakabandis.
Strict action will be taken against those misusing this facility.https://t.co/AbU8ej6UwM
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 17, 2021
Vehicles belonging to doctors, medical staff, ambulances and those engaged in supplying medical equipment will have to sport red stickers, while vehicles transporting food, vegetables, fruits, groceries, dairy products, etc, will have to have green stickers, he said.
People employed in essential services such as civic officials, personnel of electricity, telephone department and press will have to stick yellow stickers on their vehicles, he added.
The owners of drivers should themselves display the six-inch, round stickers on the front and back screen of the vehicles, Nagrale said. The stickers will also be made available at nakabandi points and toll nakas free of charge, he said, adding that persons found misusing the stickers will be strictly prosecuted.
The move will discourage unwanted vehicular movement on roads and at check points, easing the movement of ambulances and medical supply vehicles, Nagrale said.
"If you fall under any of these categories, then please fix the sticker on your vehicle before coming out on the road," he added.
In the video, Nagrale said the system will be implemented from Saturday evening itself.
The Mumbai Police on Twitter said the order pertaining to the colour-coded sticker system will be effective from effective from 7 am on 18 April 7 am to 1 May.
Please note that this order will be effective from 7 am - 18th April 2021, to 7 am to May 01, 2021.
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 17, 2021
With inputs from PTI
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