Bus stops causing traffic snarls will cease to exist

Bus stops causing traffic snarls will cease to exist
The Times of India


Police commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh bargained hard for the removal of some bus stops causing congestion near various junctions and made the BCC give a commitment to remove them within the next 15 days.

Reacting to a question on how 1,600 policemen can monitor 38,000 junctions, Singh said the government has approved the appointment of 2000 more traffic cops. “However, this has not been converted into a government order. I have requested the home secretary to expedite the issue.

Intervening, member of empowered committee on infrastructure and traffic R K Misra said it would be impossible to have 38,000 policemen to cover all the intersections. “Why not the police think in terms of using available technology,” he asked.

When Biocon chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said slow moving traffic on Hosur Road was occupying the right hand side of the road, encouraging overtaking from the wrong side, Singh said this will stop in 15 days. He wanted more coordination among the agencies.

Singh maintained that police do not have the power to cancel the licence of repeated offenders.

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Ajai Kumar Singh ordered the traffic police to ensure that autorickshaws are not parked in front of malls and near bus-stops. Singh held a meeting soon after the Times Round Table with the traffic DCPs to discuss the issue.