Kohima police order off-road vehicles off road

With sister town Dimapur having begun civilizing Dimapur’s crazy road behavior, Kohima has also begun doing its bit to regulate the congested capital town. The Kohima police authorities have ordered owners of all “off-road vehicles” in the capital to remove them from all public thoroughfares.

Owners have been ordered to remove their ‘off road vehicles’ on or before July 12 from all highways, roads and thoroughfares, the Kohima police establishment said in an order on Wednesday, July 8.  

‘The police of Kohima direct all the owners of off-road vehicles which are parked along the highways/thoroughfares to shift their off-road vehicles to other location on or before 12/07/15 positively. This exercise is necessitated to ease away the prevailing traffic congestion in the town,’ the order stated.

“Defaulting vehicles” will be towed away if found during eviction drives, and vehicle owners will be penalized under the Motor Vehicles Act of 1988, the authorities stated.

The order did not define ‘off road vehicle’, that whether it meant unused / derelict vehicles, or terrain / adventure sport vehicles (such vehicles are called off-road vehicles too). 

For the generally rowdy public, the police authorities have reminded them to cooperate with the traffic police establishment and observe rules of the road. 

“The general public is also requested to extend their co-operation to the traffic police and abstain from parking their vehicles randomly along the highways during daytime/peak hours as it is causing inconvenience’s and traffic congestion/jam to the commuters,” the police said.

Further, the police directed every citizen to remove “no parking” private signboards placed in front of their business establishments in Kohima town. They are to remove the private signboard on or before July 12.

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