Dilli Police launches beacon drive

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Dilli Police will launch a drive from June 1 to fine and impound vehicles that are wrongly using red beacons on their cars. Only a few high ranking politicians and government officials are allowed to use red beacons.

During this period the police will also be promoting the use of beacons in the cars of people who are entitled to use the beacon but do not use it. According to the police only 50 percent of authorized red beacon users are regularly using their beacons.

The vehicles that are found to be using beacons illegally will be fined Rs. 50,000 and impounded. In an unusual way of punishing these offenders, the police will affix large decals on the cars that say, "I am not a VIP". These decals will use a special adhesive developed for this purpose by Febicol.

Mr. Sanjeev Chep, MD, Febicol said, "This special epoxy adhesive ensures that the decal cannot be removed without scratching the paint or breaking the glass."

To ensure that the legal beacon users regularly use the beacons, the police will hard-wire the beacons with the air-conditioners, de-foggers and audio systems of all the VIP cars authorized to use red beacons.

Mr. Rakesh Malik, ACP Traffic, said, "We think that hard-wiring beacons is the best way to increase their utilization".

Mr. PS Sarthi, president of VIP drivers union, has threatened to go on strike protesting against the hard-wiring. He said, "If we hard-wire the sirens and beacons with audio systems, it will not allow the drivers to listen to the radio while waiting. It will take away the only source of time-pass of drivers."

The police fined four such vehicles in a similar drive last year.