Due to illegal parking on Straight Mile Road passing through Sakchi Market, traders are facing loss in business. So much so that a delegation of Jamshedpur Chamber of Commerce led by its president Mohanlal Agarwal handed a memorandum to East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal.
The DC was apprised about business loss suffered as customers facing parking woes and mishap threat avoid visiting shops situated on nearly 80 meters stretch of Straight Mile Road in Sakchi Market.
Incidentally, the road stretch on Straight Mile Road witnesses heavy traffic around 2 lakhs daily throughout the day as it connects residential areas like Baradwari, Bhalubasa, Sitaramdera, Agrico, Sidhgora and Baridih with commercial hub of Sakchi. Besides private vehicles large number of commercial vehicles use this stretch.
Mohanlal Agarwal said that shopkeepers have been facing complaints from regular customers about traffic snarl while coming to the shops due to illegal parking and difficulty faced in parking of their own vehicles. Shopkeepers admit that footfalls to shops have also decreased in the last few months. The shopkeepers alleged that nearly 2,000 two-wheelers are parked illegally on this stretch daily.
East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Amitabh Kaushal accepting the memorandum of the traders assured of looking into the issue and suggested them to approach Jusco.
Incidentally, Jusco has identified parking spots on Sakchi Highway (in front of The Bengal Club), stretch in front of Jamshedpur Eye Hospital, stretch near Dalda line, stretch on Tank Road (near Tin Shed Market), stretch on Straight Mile Road (backside of Bhola Maharaj Sweet shop) and two basements at Super Center.
Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC) special officer Dipak Sahay said that the construction of the parking bays has already started on this stretch by Jusco and would be completed by this month.
A traffic official said that the road obstruction and congestion due to violation of parking norms has been a problem. We do carry out prosecution of vehicles for ‘no parking’ violations but vehicle owners plead that they were not aware that this area was a designed ‘no-parking’ spot.
There have been road signage installed on the road at different points but people do not bother to take a look at these signage.
After consultation with Jusco we have come up with this idea. Vehicle owners while stopping for parking on the road now cannot plead that they have not seen the signage as it would be clearly visible on road surface.
This apart reflective signage will also indicate the zones even at night.