Staff Reporter :Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Mobile court realized Tk 9,910 from 137 jaywalkers violating the traffic rules at the Ruposhi Bangla Hotel, the Banglamotor, the Karwan Bazar and the Farmgate intersections on Thursday- the third consecutive day of the drive. Nobody was, however jailed. DMP has been conducting drives against the jaywalkers in the city from Tuesday and imposing fine on each of the pedestrians for not using foot over bridges while crossing roads to the range of Tk 50 to Tk 200, DMP’s Assistant Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Saidur Rahman said. Metropolitan Magistrate Abdul Quddus said that the drive will continue from 10:00am to 5:00pm everyday until further order.After a three-day awareness campaign, the DMP started the drive along the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue on Tuesday under a pilot project, they added.
