Hyderabad: Lok Adalat members began accepting traffic penalty challans issued by the Cyberabad traffic police on Day 2 on Thursday, on the request of traffic police. The Lok Adalat is being held to encourage motorists with pending penalties to pay up with an offer of 50 per cent rebate.
Serpentine long queues were witnessed at the Lok Adalat and motorists protested when a majority of the counters were closed an hour early due to Bathukamma celebrations at the Goshamahal stadium.
“Motorists were standing for hours in the queue at Counter No. 4. Why can’t they increase the number of counters,” asked Mr G Sumit Rao, a motorist. DCP Traffic A.V. Ranganath said the metropolitan sessions judge had accepted their request to extend the Lok Adalat till Saturday.
A motorist who refused to identify himself came with over 20 pending challans. Lok Adalat member advocate Md Ateeq Pasha said several motorists had more than 10 pending challans.
Several motorists demanded that Lok Adalat be held in the urban clusters in Ranga Reddy district.
