Bhopal

Kishanganj railway overbridge, cause of concern

PNS

There are frequent vehicle accidents and traffic jam after the accidents on the Kishanganj Railway Overbridge connecting Mhow city to Indore, causing loss of life and property.

Presently, the Kishanganj Railway Overbridge is the only road to connect Mhow city to Indore. Every day thousands of four-wheelers and two-wheelers pass by this ROB. The important thing is that Mhow is an important cantonment  and officers and soldiers of Army also travel through this route between Mhow and Indore.

Besides, the administrative officer of Mhow and the police Officers and judges of mhow court,school buses  and ambulance of military hospital and  state government hospital also travel to this Kishanganj railway overbridge every day. The main cause of accidents in this Kishanganj Railway Overbridge is Dozens of passenger  mini bus running between Mhow and Indore which travels at high speed on this railway overbridge 24 hours a day and becomes the cause of accidents and is a threat to everybody travelling  through this ROB.

The mini buses running between Mhow and Indore travels at high speed, overtaking  on this railway overbridge, this mini buses are always overloaded and run overspeedl  on this Kishanganj Railway Overbridge, . A few weeks ago, the police administration had installed plastic dividers in the middle on this Kishanganj Railway Overbridge, which was used to stop the  overtaking and overspeed mini buses plying between Mhow and Indore.

The citizens of Mhow have demanded that the Mhow traffic police and Indore RTO department should take continuous action against this overloaded and over speed mini buses running between Mhow and Indore and the permits of the buses which do not follow the traffic rules should be canceled forever.

To check this overloaded over speed buses frequently overtaking on this Kishangang ROB the police personnel should be deployed on both sides of Kishanganj Railway Overbridge and CCTV cameras should be installed on Kishanganj Railway Overbridge so that speeding vehicles can be recorded and challan can be issued to them.