In order to improve vehicular traffic movement, parking and proper road engineering in the city, a meeting was held at the Commissionerate of Police headquarters here on Thursday.
Various important issues like provision of parking slots near important market areas, identification of auto parking slots, widening of roads at various places, proper road engineering, installation of traffic lights and signboards at appropriate places, proper marking of zebra crossings and stop lines at various squares and intersections were discussed in the meeting.
A sub-committee comprising ACP (Traffic), Recovery Officer, Road Engineer of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and Executive Engineer (Road and Building) was formed to ensure coordinated efforts in addressing the traffic-related issues. Twin City Police Commissioner Dr RP Sharma urged upon the various stakeholders to consult and discuss with the police officials before taking up projects related to roads and traffic regulation.
The meeting also discussed issues pertaining to improving and providing proper pedestrians routes wherever required, preventing entry of motor cyclists on footpaths, eviction of illegal encroachments along side roads to facilitate proper traffic movement, early completion of the flyovers and road projects in the city. Among others, the meeting was attended by the BMC Commissioner, the Vice-Chairperson of the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) and other Government officials.