Gumla, Ankit Chaurasia: Due to increasing number of vehicles and encroachment of roads in Gumla district, the roads are shrinking day by day. Due to which the traffic problem is increasing. The number of vehicles purchased in urban areas is continuously increasing. At the same time, parking facilities and road widening work has not been done. From the year 2019 to the year 2023 (8th December), 29 thousand 529 new vehicles have been purchased in the district. In which commercial (commercial) 4118 and non-commercial (non-commercial) 25411 vehicles are included. From January 1, 2023 till now, 782 commercial vehicles and 4699 non-commercial vehicles have been purchased. However, in the last five years, the highest number of vehicles have been purchased in the year 2020. In which 1110 commercial vehicles and 5237 non-commercial vehicles were purchased. Among the increasing number of vehicles, auto purchases have been the highest. At the same time, the number of other vehicles including bikes, cars, buses has also increased. Due to the increasing number of vehicles, vehicles remain parked on most of the streets in urban areas. Due to which the traffic jam increases and shopkeepers also face problems.
Loss of revenue worth lakhs every year
Many vehicles are used by buyers as commercial vehicles by showing them as non-commercial vehicles. Let us tell you that there are many such four-wheeler vehicles (cars) in the city which claim that they are private vehicles and then hire them. If the administration investigates this issue, many such vehicle owners will come forward. Those who are registering non-commercial vehicles and using them as commercial vehicles are commonly seen in the city. Due to which the government is losing revenue every year.