Chronicle of a vehicle requisition!
It is good to see that some rules are going to be imposed on requisition. It has been terrifying for the owners, as they often have to endure severe suffering and tension because of their vehicle, when that is taken by the traffic police by requisition.
The High Court also directed the government to stop harassing owners of the vehicles and drivers. I know how important that is because my family is a victim of this requisition anguish! When traffic police had attempted to requisition our microbus a couple of months ago, we requested them not to because my sister's new born baby was severely sick and we badly needed that microbus to commute a long way to the hospital day and night. Despite our request they paid no heed and took the vehicle saying that what if our vehicle went out of order. Watching our sufferings, our acquaintances said why we didn't you pay them! If we had done that right away, our microbus would not have been taken! However, during requisition our driver suffered even more as according to him he had not been given food or time to eat, rather he had to drive almost 16-17 hours continuously in those three days. Our driver told us our microbus was used for a police high official's wife's personal use for one whole day (Friday), when we were commuting with a severely sick newborn baby.
However, it seems it is now coming to an appreciable end. I am very happy as the next time maybe I would not need to get scared of requisition when I will see a traffic policeman in front of our vehicle, waving to stop at the side of the road.
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