Diplomat Correspondent
JAMMU: In pursuance to the directions of the Secretary to Government Transport Department Jammu and Kashmir, the Motor Vehicles Department (Enforcement Wing) has launched a special traffic enforcement drive across the Union Territory to curb traffic violations and enhance road safety.
The drive, being conducted in line with the decisions of the Multi-Disciplinary Committee on Traffic Management System in Jammu and Srinagar, focuses particularly on habitual offenders and serious traffic violators.
The enforcement teams have intensified checking at strategic locations and are taking strict action under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
Reiterating a zero-tolerance policy towards traffic violations, the Transport Department stated that such special enforcement drives will continue in the larger interest of public safety. Citizens have been urged to strictly follow traffic rules and cooperate with enforcement agencies to make roads safer.
During the last three weeks of December 2025, a large number of violators were booked for offences including over-speeding, wrong-side driving, overloading, driving without a helmet or seat belt, illegal halting, juvenile driving and other violations.
As a result, 469 driving licences were suspended, while 419 licences were revoked or disqualified. Additionally, 1,024 cancellation notices were issued to driving licence holders involved in NDPS-related cases, habitual traffic violations and other serious offences.
As part of the school transport safety drive, 174 school and college buses were audited, and buses found deficient were rejected and barred from operation until compliance with safety norms is ensured.
Alongside enforcement, the department also intensified road safety awareness activities, organizing 676 awareness camps, sensitization programmes and public outreach initiatives across the Union Territory.
“The objective of the special enforcement drive is not merely to penalise violators, but to save precious human lives by promoting strict adherence to traffic laws,” an official of the Transport Department said.DD