The Hindu : Use of headlights banned on many roads

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Wednesday, Sep 24, 2003

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Southern States - Karnataka-Bangalore

Use of headlights banned on many roads

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE Sept. 23. The Police Commissioner of Bangalore, S. Mariswamy, has prohibited the use of headlights by drivers of vehicles on the following roads from September 25. Only parking lights should be used on these roads.

Airport Road - from Airport to Trinity Church junction; M.G. Road - from Trinity Church junction to Queen's Statue Circle; K.H. Road - from Dalal Petrol Bunk to Lalbagh Circle; Tank Bund Road - from Upparpet Police Station to Grade Separating Bridge; T. Chowdiah Road - from Raj Bhavan junction to Cauvery theatre junction; Old Tumkur Road - from Mehkri Circle to Indian Institute of Science; Cubbon Road - from CTO Circle to Dickenson Road Junction; R.V. Road - from Lalbagh West Gate to South End Circle; J.C. Road - from Minerva Circle to Narasimhraja Square; the road around Jayanagar Shopping Complex, 9th Main Road and 30th Cross, and Pavitra Hotel Junction to Canara Bank junction.

The Commissioner said in a press statement that motorists should use parking lights at night on these roads which were well-illuminated with street lights. Headlights could be used "only in case of power failure or when the streetlights are not functioning,'' the release said.

Model-road plan

J.C. Road will be made a model road by November and strict lane discipline enforced there, Mr. Mariswamy has announced.

Participating in a panel discussion on road safety, organised by the Rotary Club of Bangalore here on Monday, he said that modern equipment and gantry (an overhead structure with a platform supporting road signals) would be used on J.C. Road, which would be developed as a model road by the City police and the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) by November.

He said that the City police and the Bangalore Agenda Task Force (BATF) had evolved a traffic plan for Indiranagar. The plan would be explained to the residents of Indiranagar at a meeting to be held on September 24 and implemented after including their suggestions, he added.

As processions and rallies were frequently causing traffic jams around the Vidhana Soudha, the City police had suggested to the Government to allow rallies at the old Central Jail premises, Mr. Mariswamy said.

The police had proposed to the Government to demolish the existing structure, plant trees, and provide drinking water facility at the old Central Jail premises to facilitate holding of rallies, the Commissioner said.

He said that there was a proposal to develop the Traffic Warden Organisation on the lines of the Home Guards by providing incentives to wardens. As the traffic police were short-staffed, the need for increased public participation in traffic regulation was felt, he added.

Mr. Mariswamy said the City police were holding periodic review meetings with the BATF stakeholders to get electricity poles and trees, which were obstructing traffic, removed.

The BATF member, Kalpana Kar, made a presentation on the City's traffic problems and explained the BATF initiatives to solve them.

Jagadish Kini, Chief Executive Officer, Bharati Telecom, gave the corporate view of the traffic scenario.

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