Hyderabad, April 26:Have a traffic-related complaint? Eager to suggest steps to prevent traffic gridlocks? Have an idea on designing an intersection to reduce chaos?
Get ready with your views as the city traffic police are eliciting suggestions of citizens to improve the traffic situation in the capital that has about 20.49 lakh vehicles. Citizens can either call: 90102 03626 or send emails to website: www.htp.gov.in and trafficpolicehyderabad@yahoo.co.in. And the assurance is replies will be given to all queries.
Advisory panels
Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) C.V. Anand and GHMC Additional Commissioner (Traffic and Transportation) S. Subba Rao told presspersons on Sunday that traffic advisory committees will be constituted in all the six traffic zones to discuss problems of the areas.
“Anyone can give their views for better traffic management,” Mr. Anand said. Efforts are also on to identify top 10 violators of each traffic police station to initiate stringent action. Notices would be issued to commercial establishments along with photographic evidence for encroaching pavements and misusing parking space.
GHMC threat
If the owners fail to mend their ways, the GHMC would cancel their trade licences. About disruptions caused by VIP movements, he said an appropriate method would be developed in coordination with the security wing officials to resolve the issue.
“We will try to stop traffic at junctions for at least five minutes to ensure free passage to VIP convoys instead of 10 to 15 minutes,” he said. Policemen from the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to home guards will be rewarded every month for exemplary work and cases under Section 332 of IPC would be booked against those attacking traffic police on duty.
Special drives against drunken driving, driving without proper number plates, racing and cell phone driving would be resumed soon. A separate drive on the use of helmet and seatbelt would also be launched. Mr. Rao said over 600 signboards would be installed indicating no-parking places in front of commercial complexes.
-Agencies