256 fined by mobile courts on 2nd day

A total of 256 pedestrians were fined by the mobile courts on the second day of the week-long drive against jaywalkers on the capital's busy Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Wednesday, officials said.
They also realised fine to the tune of Tk 13,715 on the day.
More than 200 people have also been verbally warned by the courts while a 22-year-old girl was sent to jail as she was allegedly showing aggressive attitude towards the law enforcers.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) launched the drive under a pilot project to bring discipline among the pedestrians in crossing busy roads as jaywalking often poses threat to life in the overcrowded capital.
When contacted, Magistrate Abdul Kuddus who led the mobile court at Bangla Motor, said some 114 people were penalised financially for crossing the intersection without foot over-bridges throughout the day.
"The total fine that we collected from the spot was Tk 7,915. We got good response from the citizens as people now started using foot over-bridge to cross the road," he said.
At the same time, the mobile court verbally warned more than 100 people like students, elderly ones, physically sick and women for not using such overhead structures, he informed.   
Additional police personnel were seen asking pedestrians to use foot over-bridges and avoid jaywalking on the road from Ruposhi Bangla hotel to Farmgate. Several notice boards were also placed throughout the road to draw the attention of the pedestrians.
The range of fine was from Tk 20 to a maximum of Tk 200, according to the officials engaged in operating mobile courts.
Talking to the FE, Executive Magistrate of Dhaka District Administration Sarwar Alam who led another mobile court at Hotel Sonargaon intersection said they penalised 142 people there and collected fine worth Tk 5,800.
"A 22-year-old girl named Tania was also sent to jail as she bit the hand of a policewoman while bringing her to the mobile court. Everybody should cooperate with us in bringing discipline on roads," he added.
There are more than 40 footbridges and three underpasses in the capital. But, almost all of them remain devoid of pedestrians as most of the foot over-bridges in the capital are grabbed by hawkers with their makeshift shops, creating hassle for the commuters.

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