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Bid to streamline traffic management in Delhi

Staff Reporter

Decision to set up Traffic Monitoring Group in the Capital

NEW DELHI: Stressing the need for a holistic approach to solve the traffic problems, Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday chaired a meeting that decided to set up a Traffic Monitoring Group and a Traffic Engineering Group comprising experts from the civil society for streamlining traffic management and engineering in the Capital.

During the meeting, Mr. Khanna also directed the Delhi police to immediately identify busy traffic intersections for installing pedestrian operated signal to protect their right of way. He said Mr. Khanna said apart from tougher enforcement, the expertise of the civil society should be enlisted in resolving the traffic issues.

The high-level meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Ramesh Narayanswami, Police Commissioner K.K. Paul, Director General BPRD Kiran Bedi, Principal Secretary (Home) Shumsher Sheriff, Commissioner Transport Chandra Mohan, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Qamar Ahmed, Chairman of Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) Rohit Baluja and Dinesh Mohan and Geetam Tiwari from Indian Institute of Technology, and 15 civil society experts having an interest in traffic issues.

It was decided that the Traffic Monitoring Group would be constituted under Principal Secretary (Home) for better coordination between stakeholders and the Government agencies. The user departments including PWD, Transport and Traffic Police would identify various constraints being faced in smooth running of traffic and the Group would resolve the matter.

Mr. Baluja of IRTE, who made a presentation at the meeting on the gravity of the traffic problems, would join the group as a special invitee. Mr. Khanna said all future traffic regulation changes and modifications would be vetted by the Group to ensure compliance of normative standards. Two sub-groups would also be constituted to assist the main group.

This Group would also look into micro approaches to specific traffic shortcomings. The Lieutenant Governor said the Monitoring Group would analyse the deficiencies and list out measures taken to mitigate the shortcomings through retro-fitment.

The Traffic Engineering Group would be headed by the Engineer-in-Chief of PWD and would have representatives from DDA, CPWD, Transport, Traffic Police, NHAI, Delhi Metro and CRRI.

Hazard

On what necessitated its creation, Mr. Khanna said improper traffic engineering has raised the hazard levels and therefore now prior concurrence of the TEG would be required before undertaking any new road construction. The TEG would also find engineering solutions to the systemic weaknesses through engineering inputs. This would ensure that latest technology and research findings support all such new roads and accompanying signalling methodology.

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