No fines, just flowers for Deepavali traffic violations in Indian state for seven days
PETALING JAYA, October 23 — Gujarat state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi announced fines will be done away for traffic violations in the state from Oct 21 to 27.
He said the decision, which comes ahead of looming year-end elections was announced as “one more pro-people decision” by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
“Don’t use the decision to break the law,” Harsh announced in a tweet in Gujarati on Friday.
ભારતીય સંસ્કૃતિનો સૌથી મોટો ઉજાસ ઉત્સવ એટલે દિવાળી. રંગોળીઓના રંગ, મિષ્ટાનોની ભરમાર અને દીવા તેમજ ફટાકડાનો ઉમંગ લઈને આ તહેવાર આવે છે. આ તહેવાર નિમિત્તે મૃદુ અને મક્કમ ગુજરાત સરકારના મુખ્ય મંત્રી શ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp જી નો વધુ એક પ્રજાલક્ષી નિર્ણય pic.twitter.com/V1omwopeWV
— Harsh Sanghavi (@sanghaviharsh) October 21, 2022
“If someone breaks the rules, the Gujarat police will persuade them not to, by giving flowers.
“Diwali is the festival of lights... and comes with the colours of rangoli, lots of sweets, and the excitement of lamps and crackers.”
Many on Twitter welcomed the move saying it would encourage people to follow rules voluntarily, though some said it would lead to the worsening of the traffic mess in cities.
Some demanded an immediate rollback on the decision, reported NDTV.
