Taking note of traffic congestion being witnessed around Clock Tower in the city on a daily basis following rallies carried out by various outfits, Garhwal Division Commissioner CS Napalchyal directed the district officers to ensure that no agitators reach in the 500 metres periphery of the Clock Tower. He presided over a meeting with the district officers at Dehradun Collectorate and directed the officers to take measures to improve traffic system in the State Capital on Saturday.
Napalchyal directed the MDDA and PWD officers to develop parking spaces at ISBT, Saharanpur Road, Rajpur Road, Tehsil Chowk. There is huge parking problems in these areas and traffic congestions are witnessed in these areas on daily basis. The officers were directed to taken measures for widening the roads to improve the traffic system in the city.
He further said that roadside nullah should be covered to broaden the roads of the city. In order to widen the roads near Central Government institutes, the district officers were directed to seek permission for the same from the officers concerned.
The police officers were directed to ensure that no vehicles are parked along the roadside in the city. Such roads need to be identified and district officers should install a sign board of no parking there. The police officers were directed to enforce traffic rules strictly in the city.
It has been witnessed that electricity poles have been installed along road sides which also create traffic problems in the State Capital. Taking note of it, the power department officers were directed to shift these electricity poles. Regional Transport officers were directed to change Vikram routes in such way that commuters are getting least inconvenience. Vikram should be painted with different colours and they should be allowed to ply on various rotes of the city. The digging of roads by the construction agencies is causing inconvenience to the road users. In coordination with other department officers, the Public Works department officers were directed to ensure that all roads which have been dug up earlier are filled in and repaired without delay. MCD officers were directed to ensure that roads are clean with the sanitation workers during night hours.
On the occasion Dehradun DM Ravinath Raman, IG Garhwal Range Sanjay Kumar Gunjyal, SSP Dr Sadanand Date, Additional DM Pratap Shah, City Magistrate lN Mishra and officers of various departments including MDDA, Jal Nigam, Municipal Corporation, Transport and others were present.