I received a mail from Deepika Sharma who writes, “A few months back I used to go to Hauz Khas every day. Whenever I crossed Indira market I always bumped into stray cattle on the roads. They always create traffic jam because there’s a vegetable market right next to the main road. The cattle linger around there to eat the leftover vegetables. But in return it becomes a trouble not only for the traffic but also for the cattle themselves. Even they get hurt every now and then. It will be a great help if the MCD can take care of this matter.”

The problem of stray cattle meandering on capital’s streets is not new and I think MCD can hardly solve this problem coz they have very small staff to cater to the problem of such a mass scale. Recently MCD announced they would put chip on cows, etc for identification purposes. In Delhi what the cattle owners do is leave the cattle on the roads so that they can roam around anywhere. And even if MCD can catch the stray cattle on road, they can hardly catch the real culprit. Once the chips are installed then MCD guys can easily catch and fine the cattle owners. This will discourage dairy owners, etc. to let their cattle out on Delhi roads.
Meanwhile, the Delhi Traffic Police is on a challan spree. They are leaving no stones unturned to nab traffic offenders. According to a press release, “To bring erring drivers of various vehicles to some discipline, the Traffic Police has accelerated its prosecution drive in the last couple of weeks. Special emphasis is being paid to prosecute vehicles with Tinted Glasses, vehicles Crossing Stop Lines at Intersections and vehicles having Defective Number Plates.”
In all, the cops have prosecuted 15,29,088 vehicles this year. And on June 9 itself, they prosecuted 15,844 vehicles. The break-up includes 283 vehicles with tinted glasses, 1142 vehicles with defective number plates, 953 vehicles for stop line violations and 1940 two wheelers drivers and pillion riders were prosecuted. Apart from these, 732 vehicles were prosecuted for over speeding, four vehicles for driving by minors, 1973 vehicles for jumping traffic signals, 1122 vehicles for not using seat belts were also prosecuted.

So the tigers are on the prowl on Delhi roads, be careful Delhi drivers; else be prepared to shell out money.