Unclaimed vehicles dumped on highways to be removed

Action follows flood of complaints about the obstructions causing accidents

The district administration is ready with a fast-track action plan to remove all the rusty vehicles which were dumped along the national and State highways causing serious obstruction to motorists and pedestrians. During the process, the Public Works Department will clear encroachments from land which is being used to keep run-down vehicles and other junk materials. A Sub Collector and a few Revenue Divisional Officers have been entrusted with the task of completing it on time with the support of the police and other taluk-level revenue department officers. The sub divisional magistrates concerned will prepare a report ahead of removing the dumped vehicles to another spot to avoid any legal complications in the future. “The task will have to be completed in three months as per the orders from the Ministry of Public Works and the Collector. Vehicles which were temporarily kept along the road in connection with various cases will be shifted to another spot,” said a Revenue Department officer from Vadakara taluk. He said there were many such dumped vehicles involved in various accident cases.