Ranchi, Apr 20 : Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday directed to remove VIP lights (red/blue lights) from all govt vehicles.
“ Under rule 108 of the Central Motor Vehicle Law 1989 and para A, B, C of notification number 490 of Transport department dated 11.04.2016, it is said that VIP lights (red/blue) on all govt vehicles taking persons/officers should be removed” says the state govt press release. .
In the light of para D of the notification, the flasher equipped blue light on the mast of the fire-brigade on duty in its jurisdiction, PCR vans/ pilot vehicles (multi-colored blue, white and red light) and blinker equipped red light with violet glass on ambulance will remain as usual.
Apart from these, no vehicle will use any color light.