Chandigarh Police "Terrror" Scares Away Visitors From Neighboring States

I love living and working in Chandigarh, but hate its traffic police. They are the "terrorists' of the sorts. Are positioned on city ring roads like gorillas. Hide themselves to look their prey and then suddenly appear to terrorize you " you were driving wrong sides, were using high beam lights and such petty offences, you would have not committed.  The worst victims are people coming from neighboring states. Ask people coming down to Chandigarh from Himachal Pradesh , Jammu And Kashmir, they will also say, " Its a traffic police terrorism in Chandigarh". I am also one of those who dreads to venture out driving to Chandigarh. Like me, there are hundred if not thousand, who fear traffic cops' terrorism in Chandigarh. The city beautiful has its own peculiarities.  Its a region's educational hub and students from  neighboring states come here for studies. So much so, it has emerged as North's best educational ad coaching hub. Almost all India's leading coaching institutes, especially renowned Kota walas,  have now opened up  their shops here. The strategic location of the city beautiful- the capital of two state and a UT-  has added to its advantage. Most of the region's retirees prefer to settle in Chandigarh. But then, the 'City Beautiful" has the "terrorist" traffic police. On every  100 meter point, traffic cops are looking for their 'prey'. Nowhere in India, the traffic police is so over-alert or for that matter  too obsessed with challaning the 'gullible' vehicle owners as is in Chandigarh. As many as 30,000 challans on a average are handled every year. This perhaps the highest per capita challan in the country as the population  of Chandigarh (excluding Mohali, Panchkula) is too small as compared to Delhi. The number of traffic cops as deputed to 'catch' traffic rules violators in "City Beautiful" is quite high as compared to Mohal and Panchkula.  A report in a leading newspaper has reported that there are as many as 427 traffic cops against its sanctioned strength of 168. Mohali has just less than 50 traffic cops for as a vast area from Kharar to Zirakpur to Nayagoan. The neighboring Panchkula has less than hundred(80). And the number of road causalities in Mohali and Panchkula are less than in Chandigarh. Chandigarh in area is also smaller than Mohal and Panchkula, The police administration want more cops and written to union govt to increase its strength. Chandigarh Police have 6,100 cops for 12 lakh population of the city. Around 3,000 cops are deployed for VIP security. About 150 cops each are deployed at 11 police stations, After VIP security, traffic has maximum number. Despite this, the incidents of road accidents due to over-speeding and negligence is much higher than Mohali and Panchkula. More than 200 people die every year in Chandigarh due to traffic related violations. Curiously, city roads are without traffic police during night hours . Similarly, the inside roads (V-roads) are also traffic police less and here anti-social elements rule the roost. They roam freely with helmets, over-speeding and triple-riding.  One may ask, what are traffic police doing on highways and main roads. Its here that they get their 'prey' coming from outside. That save them from local attention and they can do mint 'money'. A friend of mine coming regularly to Chandigarh fro Himachal has been squeezed by traffic cop many times. There are many like him.