Step taken to relieve Jaipur traffic

A major step has been achieved for solving the traffic congestion in Jaipur by creating the Jaipur Central Region as a traffic light-free city. In a meeting, chaired by the Minister of Urban Development, Shanti Dhariwal, a few important decisions were taken. It was attended by Gaurav Goel, IAS, JDC, VS Sunda, Chief Engineer, JDA and Anoop Bartaria, Consultant Designer and CMD, Sincere Architects along with their team.

The feasibility report of four intersections — B2 Bypass, Laxmi Mandir Tiraha, OTS Crossing and Jawahar Circle — were discussed and approved.

These projects have been designed to create a confluence of art, heritage and technology in pursuit to remove the traffic lights on these junctions. The feasibility report included the construction of heritage structures on all the four crossings conserving the heritage and architectural style of Jaipur. In all the crossings, the salient features of them are as under:

B2 Bypass

• A grand arch in marble and stone craft will be built on the B2 Bypass, which will be 80 feet high.
• An underpass connecting the Jawahar Circle to the Mansarovar side will be built. The underpass will be six lanes, which will be unique and decorated with traditional murals of art on both the sides. For turning traffic, two clovers are to be built.
• A detailed traffic survey and analysis has already been conducted.
• Smart underpasses and smart cloverleaf bridges will be created, which will be equipped with all IT based systems and IoT platforms.
• Street illumination and heritage lighting has been made a part of this project.
• Beautiful marble sculptures and traditional scenes of Rajputana will be sculptured in marble and metal on the heritage structures.
• First time in Jaipur, you will have pedestrian crossing, which will be totally ramped. It is going to be friendly for physically-challenged and senior citizens.
• A crossing for cyclists along with pedestrian crossovers will be made. 
• The project will tantamount to multiple benefits — it will save fuel around 9.5 lakh liters every year, which will, in turn, result in substantial reduction in air pollution and improve its quality; ease of travel will result in ease of living; it will also result in reduction of stress levels in travellers as there will be no congestion and of course, will save time.

Jawahar Circle

• The traffic light on the interface of JLN Road and Jawahar Circle is being removed by creating two major entry transitions, cuts in the median towards Jawahar Circle. The outer ring of Jawahar Circle is going to have a dedicated cycling track and outer ring will be treated for pedestrian comfort and vehicular travel by stone cobble floorings.
• A welcome monument abutting the road coming from airport on the south end of Jawahar Circle has been planned. The monument will be built in white marble and there will be series of arches and pillars highlighting the elements of Jaipur architecture. In this entire development of Jawahar Circle, major plantation will also be done to enhance the lanes.
• The parking on the inner road has been designed strictly according to the traffic engineering norms and the entries and exits will be controlled for security and safety of the people.
• Heritage lighting and signages will be also undertaken in the project.
• Pet friendly stations, WiFi zones, cafe huts, senior citizen support services and more has also been planned.

Laxmi Mandir Tiraha

• The total amount of cars travelling on Laxmi Mandir Tiraha is 2.0 lakh per day. The signal light of the Laxmi Mandir is being removed by closing the median and for the traffic coming from the Sahakar Bhawan Road on the Tonk Road will be moving on the road between Apex Bank and Nehru Place. An underpass will be constructed which will cross over the Tonk Road and will open towards Sanganer side, thereby eliminating the traffic light at the junction.
• In continuity of the same, the Gandhi Nagar traffic light is also proposed to be eliminated by creating an underpass and cloverleaf bridge.
• A statue of freedom fighters will be built in the garden court of Laxmi Mandir Tiraha.
• Sufficient parking a facilities for the occupants abutting the road is also being planned.
• Around 6.50 lakh litres of fuel will be saved per annum.

OTS Crossing

• The OTS Chauraha will also be free of traffic light and will result into a smooth movement in all directions.
• After an indepth study of movement of traffic, a design has been prepared, which will take care of the six lane traffic on JLN road. A clover on the Jhalana road will be made, which will take care of the turning traffic.
• A unique gallery of heritage pictures for pedestrian and cyclist traffic connecting all four directions has been planned. This will save 7 lakh litres of fuel per annum. The design has been done by Anoop Bartaria of M/s Sincere Architects Engineers Private Limited.

All the projects will have unique heritage lighting and night illumination will be built in this. The innovative sculptures will enhance the night life of Jaipur.