Mumbai Police receive brickbats for new no-towing policy

Updated On: 10 March, 2022 08:32 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble

While citizens are unhappy with the decision, local traffic policemen are also bearing the brunt

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People are forced to walk between cars as they are parked on a footpath, near Churchgate station, on Wednesday. Pics/Bipin Kokate

The no-towing policy introduced in the city for a week seems to have created problems instead of solving them. With increasing arguments between motorists and officers, and traffic snarls on arterial roads, traffic police are now feeling the heat of decision. mid-day spoke to traffic police officers about this policy, and they said there is no alternative to towing in the city, especially on vital roads.

New Mumbai Commissioner of Police (CP) Sanjay Pandey had declared on March 5 that vehicles parked in ‘no-parking’ areas or those that obstruct traffic will not be towed. Only a challan would be issued to the motorists. There were rumours that the decision was taken to give a jolt to a towing company that is associated with an Opposition party leader.

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