Drive to remove unauthorised red-yellow beacons from vehicles from today

Bhopal: The drive to remove unauthorised red or yellow beacon lights from government and private vehicles will get underway from Wednesday. Directives to this effect were given by Home Minister Shri Umashankar Gupta at a meeting held at Mantralaya on Tuesday. He directed that the drive should be started from Vallabh Bhavan and police headquarters.
Home Minister Shri Gupta said that complaints are being received constantly that anti-social elements are using red-yellow beacon lights for committing crimes. He said that for removing this problem, it is necessary that only people’s representatives and officers use red-yellow beacon lights.
Shri Gupta has urged concerning people to help remove unauthorised beacon lights from vehicles. He said that first of all beacon lights will be removed from officers’ vehicles and then from others’ vehicles. Shri Gupta said that the persons not entitled for beacon lights should remove the same themselves.
The Home Minister said that dealers of red-yellow beacon lights should sell the same only to persons carrying authority letter. Similarly, drivers of VIP duty private vehicles must also have order issued by Transport Office regarding use of red-beacon. Guidelines to this effect will be sent by the Additional Secretary Home to all the district collectors and SPs.