Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister, who also holds the charge of the Home Department, requested the Mumbai Police on Wednesday to withdraw the traffic clearance vehicle provided to her as part of her security detail.
Fadnavis’s request came after The Indian Express reported on Wednesday that the State Intelligence Department, which reports to the Maharashtra Home Department, recently allotted a ‘traffic clearance vehicle’ along with an upgrade from X to Y+ with escort to Amruta Fadnavis.
“I’m & wish to live like common citizen of #Mumbai. I humbly request @MumbaiPolice not to provide me traffic clearance pilot vehicle. Traffic condition in Mumbai is frustrating but I’m sure, with Infra & development projects by @mieknathshinde & @Dev_Fadnavis we will soon get relief,” Amruta Fadnavis said in a tweet on Wednesday.
The upgrade to Y+ with escort category comes with the security of an escort vehicle and five policemen round the clock. The ‘traffic clearance vehicle’ performs duties similar to a pilot vehicle, clearing traffic for the assignee during her travel.
