On Monday, Additional District Magistrate Kahnu Charan Dhir took up the issue of traffic management of Paradip Port town. He held a meeting with the local journalists who had raised the issue and threatened to launch stir if the administration failed to sort out the traffic mess in the road leading to the entrance of the port.
The journalists’ association earlier had submitted a memorandum to the district Collector Jagatsinghpur in this regard. They had stated that illegal parking, shrinkage of road sides due to encroachment and bad conditions of roads led to traffic problem and caused regular accidents in Paradip.
Since most of the industries bring and supply various goods on heavy vehicles, the district administration had forwarded the issue to the Paradip Port Authority (PPA) asking it to take appropriate steps owning moral responsibility. The district Collector had issued an order in this regard to the port of Paradip.
Similarly, the administration is preparing for vacating the illegal occupiers on both sides of the road leading to the entrance of the port.