Delhi traffic police's FB page helps nail roadhogs

July 11, 2012 13:55

Logging in to Facebook has turbocharged the Delhi Traffic Police. They hopped aboard the social networking bandwagon just two years ago and have already booked more than 22,000 traffic offenders via the site.

The road rule violators netted on the Net include 725 policemen and several VIPs. The fact that the force's FB page has attracted over 1.23 lakh members is also ample evidence that this unique experiment to open a real-time, two-way communication channel with civic-minded residents of the Capital is a runaway hit. It has enabled road-users to interface smoothly with the traffic police by bypassing bureaucratic bottlenecks.

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