Inspection Report on the accounts of the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur District for the period from June 2015 to March 2017 Dates of Audit: 24.04.2017 to 05.05.2017 Part I: Introduction a. Overview of the audit unit Maintaining Law and order and enforcing traffic rules / regulations is one of the main activities of Superintendent of Police in Tiruppur District (except Tiruppur City). Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur is also responsible for providing bandobust during VVIPs/VIPs visits, Temple festivals etc., b. Functional / Geographical Jurisdiction The functional / geographical jurisdiction of the Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur extends to the length and breadth of the Tiruppur District except Tiruppur City. c. Budget, Financial Performance The month wise expenditure of the office of Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur for the period from June 2015 to March 2017 is enclosed as Annexure 1 d. Overall hierarchy of the Audittee unit The Audittee unit is headed by the Superintendent of Police who is an IPS officer, who is assisted by two Additional Superintendents of Police. There are five police sub divisions in Tiruppur District which consist of 23 Police Stations. In addition there are five All Women Police Stations and six exclusive Traffic Police Stations. The Police stations are the field units actually enforcing law and order / traffic rules and headed by Inspectors of Police. e. Scope of audit The compliance audit covering the period from June 2015 to March 2017 was conducted in the Office of the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur in addition to detailed coverage on the subject matter viz., Traffic Management System in Madurai, Coimbatore and Tiruppur for the period from April 2014 to March 2017. f. Sampling Procedure and sample selected (including implementing units) Office of the Superintendent of Police is one of the three Audit units selected for detailed check. Records of 17 implementing units1 (being 50 percent of the entire strength of police stations) have been test checked during current Compliance Audit. g. Subject matter and criteria The subject matter selected is Traffic Management System in Coimbatore, Tiruppur and Madurai. The main sources of audit criteria for the Compliance are the following: i. Minutes of State Road Safety Council / District Road safety councils of selected districts / Inter departmental Committee meetings on Road Safety Fund at state level and in selected districts, ii. Records, tender documents and agreement entered with the supplier for the procurement of Road Safety equipment, iii. Orders, Circulars, instructions issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu , Director General of Police/State Traffic Planning Cell /Supreme Court’s Committee on Road Safety, iv. Reports of Road Accident Data Management System /Monthly Situation Analysis Report on Major Accidents / Reports of Inter departmental team to study Fatal Accidents in the State and districts selected. v. Records relating to distribution of funds for road safety at District Collectorates / Commissioners of Police / Superintendents of Police of selected districts and vi. Data relating to registration of new vehicles, fines collected by police authorities and cess collected by transport offices in the state / selected districts h. Conduct of Audit The compliance audit has been conducted by the following party personnel under Section 13 of Comptroller and Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Services) Act 1971 and as per the Auditing Standards issued by CAG of India and in accordance with the provisions contained in Regulations of Audit & Accounts2007. 1. Shri. R. Sunder, AAO 2. Shri. G. Sivakumar, AAO 1Police Stations : 1.Avinashi, 2.Kunnathur, 3.Perumanallur, 4.Palladam, 5.Mangalam,6. Udumalpet,7.Komaralingam, 8.Dharapuram, 9.Alangiam, 10.Kangayam and 11. Uthukuli All Traffic Police Stations: 1. Avinashi, 2. Perumanallur NH, 3. Palladam, 4. Udumalpet, 5, Dharapura and 6. Kangayam NH Part II: Audit Finding Part IIA: Enclosed Part IIB: Enclosed Part III – Follow up on finding outstanding from previous Reports OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE ,POLICE DEPT.,TIRUPPUR, TIRUPPUR DIST. IR CODE X19-030/15-16 Despatch No. 186 Issued on 10/07/2015 PARA SLNO. GIST NO. NON VERIFICATION OF KHAKI RATION CARDS ISSUED TO POLICE PERSONNEL PERIODICALLY EXCESS SUBSIDY 1 B01 AMOUNT PAID TO TNCSC LTD.,TIRUPPUR BRANCH - RESULT Part IV – Best Practices Good Practices or innovations noticed during the course of audit - Nil Part V – Acknowledgement a. Extent of audit units cooperation Audit acknowledges the cooperation extended by the Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur district and his officers and staff in conduct of current compliance Audit. The cooperation extended by police personnel in producing the records relating to field units is appreciable. b. Details of persons holding the leadership position in the audit unit: Following officers held the charge of Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur District Sl. Name of the Officer From To No. 1 Shri. Amit Kumar Singh, I.P.S., 04.09.2012 04.11.2015 2 Shri , M.R. Sibichakravarthy, I.P.S., (i/c) 04.11.2015 05.11.2015 3. Shri Saroj Kumar Thakur, I.P.S. 06.11.2015 31.07.2016 4. Smt. E.S. Uma, I.P.S., 31.07.2016 To date Summary of Objections Part IIA 1. Meager Sanctioned Strength of traffic police personnel and non filling up of existing vacancies. 2. Absence of traffic police personnel in consonance with increase in vehicular position in Tiruppur 3. Non availability of equipment / gadget for detecting traffic violations 4. Non imparting training to traffic police Personnel 5. Action against drunk driving 6. Non constitution of Inter Department Team 7. Vision and objective of Road Safety Policy 8. Road accident Data Management System 9. Non Conduct of Road Safety Audit and action plan 10. Regulation of peak hour traffic congestion 11. Non adoption of Traffic calming techniques 12. Offenders under Section 19 of MV Act 1988 13. Removal of black spots – reg 14. Third Party Insurance of Vehicles 15. Fitment of speed governors in transport vehicles 16. Regulation of traffic during school /colleges start and closing times 17. Screening of short films in theatres 18. Implementation of helmet laws 19. Non enforcement of traffic rules relating to possession of valid driving licence 20. Non Utilisation of Road Safety Fund Part IIB 21. Delay in construction of District Police Office Building and Administrative Building for Armed Reserve Complex, Tiruppur District 22. Records relating to collection of spot fines – deficiencies noticed 23. Non refund of Government Money of Rs.80,918/- from the SB A/c by the bank authorities 24. Non disposal of condemned vehicle – Reg. Para No.1 / Part II A Meager Sanctioned Strength of traffic police personnel and non filling up of existing vacancies. The details of sanctioned strength and men in position of total number of police force and Traffic Police Personnel in the District (other than Tiruppur city) has been furnished in the following format: Total number of Police Force in Tiruppur District (other than Tiruppur City) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Persons Persons Persons Designation Sanctioned Sanctioned Sanctioned in in in strength strength strength position position position SP 1 1 1 1 1 1 ADSP 2 2 2 2 2 2 DSP 8 8 8 8 8 8 Inspector 39 39 39 39 42 41 Sub Insp. 119 64 119 66 122 84 SSI / HC 174 300 174 298 185 299 Gr.I PC 204 212 204 224 220 191 Grade II PC 1155 713 1155 690 1258 725 Total 1702 1339 1702 1328 1838 1351 Traffic Police Personnel in Tiruppur District (other than Tiruppur City) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Persons Persons Persons Designation Sanctioned Sanctioned Sanctioned in in in strength strength strength position position position Inspector 6 6 6 6 6 6 Sub Insp. 12 9 12 12 12 10 SSI / HC 18 11 18 7 18 13 Gr.I PC 18 14 18 14 18 13 Grade II PC 36 46 36 25 36 24 Total 90 86 90 64 90 66 From the above tables, it is evident that the men in position of traffic police personnel in the Tiruppur District has been deteriorating from 86 to 66 during 2014-17. While the sanctioned strength in other units have been increased by 136 1351-1339 during period 2014- 17, the sanctioned strength of traffic police personnel was static throughout the period. In all, the traffic police sanctioned strength and men in position constitute only 4.90 per cent of overall police strength in the District. Superintendent of Police, Tiruppur may take immediate steps to fill up the vacant position in the Traffic police strength immediately and the results intimated to Audit. Para No. 2 / Part II A Absence of traffic police personnel in consonance with increase in vehicular position in Tiruppur Audit noticed that the registration of vehicles in Tiruppur District has been increased many fold during the past three years as detailed below: Name of the Registering Authority RTO, Unit RTO, Unit RTO, Total Year Unit Office Tiruppur Office Tiruppur Office Tiruppur Registration Udumalpet North Palladam South Kangeyam Dharapuram of vehicles 2014-15 27861 9154 16935 4761 4549 8731 71,991 2015-16 26460 9680 18541 5091 5153 9811 74,736 2016-17 29433 9617 18561 4973 5113 10119 77,816 Total 83754 28451 54037 14825 14815 28661 2,24,543 From the above, it may be seen that on an average 74,850 vehicles are added to Tiruppur Roads every year during the period 2015-16 to 2017-18. In other words, 205 new vehicles are plunged in to Tiruppur district every day. In view of the huge increase in on road vehicular position every day, audit enquired about the availability prospective plan with SP, Tiruppur to increase the sanctioned strength of traffic police personnel in consonance with the increase in vehicular position.