A meeting was held at the Conference Hall of the collectorate on Sunday to discuss ways to improve the existing traffic management and various other traffic related matters.
The meeting chaired by Distract Collector Anurag Chaudhary was also attended by the Smart City Project CEO Mahip Tejaswi, Additional SP Pankaj Pandey and senior officials of the National Highway Authority of India, Municipal Corporation and various other departments.
The participants discussed on ways to reduce risk in transportation, trafficaccidents, traffic jams and ways to enhance communication and to respond duringemergencies.
Addressing the meeting the collector said that there are many 90 degree turns on the Highway in many places and observed that these places are accident prone areas. He instructed the officials of the NHAI to put up ‘Go Slow” boards at 100 M, 200 M and 300 M from the turns.
Additional SP, Pankaj Pandey gave a live presentation about the various activities done under the aegis of the ‘Intelligent Traffic Management System.’ The Addl SP told the meeting that steps are being taken to remove encroachments from busy areas like Shinde Ki Chawani, Station Junction, Hajira Junction, Bhardhari Junction and Roxy Pool among others, so that the roads in these places can be broadened.
The collector instructed the Municipal Corporation authorities to get rid of the Food Zone from the area near Salasar and convert that quarter into a parking lot. Instructions were also given to Smart City CEO to take immediate steps to broaden the road in front of the Navjeevan Netralaya.
SDM Anil Banvariya was instructed to take stern steps against those who have not yet removed the illegal fixtures on the roads or vacated the areas. The traffic police were instructed to take strict action against vehicles parked in ‘No Parking’ areas.
The meeting also discussed about the shortage of towing vehicles and roadside parking of private buses, among others.