At Harrington Road. Photo: Ravindran R
Traffic police personnel offer counselling to motorists and bring autorickshaw drivers on board to promote COVID-appropriate behaviour It a customary practice for the traffic police to issue a challan and then counsel motorists, especially youngsters among them, who overstep the rules of the road.
The pandemic has caused their “counselling workload” to spike sharply. Take the case of the Harrington Road junction in Chetpet.
The Chetpet police personnel manning the junction look for motorists with the missing face mask, wave them down, and give away a free face to them. On an average, every day, these personnel give away face masks to around 70 motorists, mostly youngsters. This gesture is preceded by five minutes of counselling.