The State Government finally woke up on incessant traffic jams at famous tourist destinations of Mussoorie and Nainital. On Friday, the Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh discussed the issue with top officials of administration and police at his office.
He directed that necessary steps to decongest traffic in Mussoorie and Nainital should be taken prior to the tourist season and work should be expediently done on long term projects to solve the problem. He advised that interactions with hotel associations.
Taxi unions, roadside vendors and other related with the problem should be held. Singh suggested that golf carts inside Mussoorie can be operated as one of a measure to decongest traffic but no Rickshaw puller should be displaced. He said that a lift like Shimla can also be set up to address the problem.
The CS said that work on Dehradun- Mussoorie ropeway would start within next three months. He said that one of a solution is hydraulic multi level parking. Singh said that in Nainital, a shuttle taxi service is being operated from Haldwani and parking facility outside the city has been made.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Tourism Dilip Jawalkar, Vice Chairman MDDA Ashish Srivastava, Additional Secretary Savin Bansal, DM Dehradun S A Murugeshan, DM Nainital Deependra Chaudhary, SSP Dehradun Nivedita Kukreti, SSP Nainital Janmejay Khanduri and President of Hotel Association Sandip Sahani.