In a letter to Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, Mayor Firhad Hakim complained about abandoned automobiles outside police stations that had turned into mosquito breeding grounds.
In an effort to prevent mosquito breeding, Hakim asked Goyal in a letter sent on 25 November to order all police stations to remove the condemned automobiles.
According to entomologists, the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the carrier of dengue, can breed in the water that is left standing in even a spoon. Small containers and depressions in metal objects that collect water can serve as mosquito breeding grounds.
It is frequently stated that the Kolkata Police stack yard of condemned automobiles on Basanti Highway and the condemned vehicles stacked at other Police Stations have turned into a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
They might also be asked to look for any standing water on the police stations’ roofs and in the immediate area.
On 26 November afternoon, all police stations received instructions from the top cop to immediately remove seized vehicles from the police station compound.
A seized item may be returned to its owner under the terms of a zimmanama bond, provided that it is returned to the court in the same condition that it was found during the investigation or trial.
Police division deputy commissioners have been tasked with keeping an eye on the situation and making sure that seized automobiles don’t accumulate in the future.
The cars, two-wheelers, buses, and slow-moving vehicles that Hakim referred to as condemned vehicles were taken by the police either as a result of an accident or a legal infraction.
According to a police officer, the police frequently are unable to determine the ownership of a car since the individual in possession of the vehicle was not the owner listed in official documents. Sometimes the level of damage to the car is so severe that the owner does not want to accept it back since the repairs will be quite expensive.
According to the officer, the police are not required to disassemble the car without the courts’ consent, which is a drawn-out procedure.
A resident of Kolkata questioned the letter’s timing. He claimed that the letter was sent as winter drew near and mosquito breeding would decrease as a result of falling temperatures and humidity.
According to Calcuttan, the KMC should have sent the letter at the start of the monsoon to avoid a spike in the mosquito population.
News Mania Desk
