Traffic has become a nuisance with the increasing number of vehicles in the city. In addition to it religious/cultural processions is adding to the woes of the commuters.
These processions are witnessed in greater number especially during the festive season. Along with it various political and protest rallies are also responsible for hampering the traffic management leading to major jams.
However, District Magistrate, BVRC Purushottam, revealed that the administration is trying to make all possible efforts in order to control the traffic menace.
“The condition has changed a lot and we have controlled it to a greater extent in comparison to last few years”. He adds that large numbers of police personnel are deployed in the respective areas where the processions are taken out.
Meanwhile, SP traffic, Pradeep Rai, said that generally these religious/ cultural processions are carried out only after the permission of the district magistrate.
Considering the sentiments of the people associated with the different religious groups, authority can’t ban or interrupt much into it, he opined. ‘
He further revealed that administration is planning to introduce some new rules to control the traffic congestion.
According to the administration, to relieve the congestion around different parts of the city, constructions of several flyovers in the city are in pipeline.
Various important measures can be implemented to curb the traffic congestion during the period of procession including diversion of major routes, designating particular time and route for all such religious/cultural procession and different political rallies taken out in the city from time to time.
Ban on the entry of heavy vehicles from the area of procession could also help in absolving the problem to some extent. However, narrow roads in the city are the other major cause of traffic problem on the road during the period procession. Proper planning is required by the State Government and the administration cooperatively to solve the issue.