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Bangalore
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The Police Commissioner, S. Mariswamy, with senior officers at a media presentation on one-ways in Bangalore on Wednesday. — Photo: K. Gopinathan
BANGALORE, DEC. 22. The Police Commissioner, S. Mariswamy, on Wednesday indicated that moves were afoot to widen all the roads around the Vidhana Soudha to decongest them. In an interaction with the media on one-ways in Bangalore, Mr. Mariswamy said the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) would widen roads such as Ambedkar Veedhi, Race Course Road, Cunningham Road and Bhagwan Mahaveer (Infantry Road) Road. He was answering a question on people being forced to walk a long distance to reach the Vidhana Soudha from the nearest bus stop. He was apparently hinting that once the roads were widened, buses could be allowed on them. On the increasing number of one-ways, he said the police were managing a "bad situation." The city has 21 lakhs vehicles while its infrastructure could take only seven lakhs. "It is inevitable," he said. Mr. Mariswamy agreed that one-ways had resulted in faster movement of vehicles on many roads and the pedestrians found it difficult to cross them. The police would create "raised and marked" pedestrian crossings which would automatically slow down the vehicles. Eight such crossings were being provided on Residency Road. He said people could not complain about extra distances they had to cover because of one-ways. "You cannot solve the problems of metropolitan city traffic with a rural mindset," he said. On the other hand, he regretted that people still crossed the roads as if no vehicle was passing by. "You cannot continue to do this any longer," he said. The details about the one-ways introduced by the police in recent months would be posted on the city police website soon. The police would put more signboards at appropriate places. This would help people figure out the roads made one-way and plan their journey. The one-ways had reduced travelling time and pollution levels and improved fuel consumption. People on their way from ASC Centre to Richmond Road now saved 12 minutes to 14 minutes while those reaching Mayo Hall from Richmond Circle saved about 10 minutes.
Accidents
Accidents had come down drastically on the new one-way roads, Mr. Mariswamy claimed. Only nine deaths were reported on the 11 roads made one-way in 2003 as against 19 the previous year. The number of injured persons was 64 as against 121 earlier. There were seven deaths on the 14 roads made one-way in 2004 as against 14 the previous year. The number of injured persons on these roads was 81 as against 97 earlier. He said the closure of the road between the Vidhana Soudha and the Vikasa Soudha was inevitable. "You cannot allow traffic flow between two such important buildings," he said. But he agreed to consider allowing a few buses from Balekundri Circle towards GPO Circle. He would also consider shifting the bus stop from near Visvesvaraya Tower to the Institute of Engineers building to avoid frequent traffic hold-ups caused by buses stopping between the two traffic signals that were close to each other.
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