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Governor calls for comprehensive plan to solve traffic problem

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Others have done it and we should emulate them: Thakur

— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

GREETING WITH FLOWERS: Governor Rameshwar Thakur being greeted by Director-General and Inspector-General of Police K.R. Srinivasan at the inauguration of Senior Police Officers’ Convention in Bangalore on Thursday.

BANGALORE: Stating that Bangalore’s traffic chaos had even caught the attention of foreign dignitaries visiting the city, Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Thursday emphasised the need for evolving a comprehensive plan to “ease the vexing problem.”

Delivering his address after inaugurating the annual senior police officers’ conference here, Mr. Thakur said a delegation from Zurich, which met him on Wednesday to discuss the progress of the Bangalore International Airport at Devanahalli, complained about the traffic problems of the city.

“The traffic problem is getting grimmer day by day. A comprehensive plan needs to be drawn up for implementation in phases. This problem is not unique to Bangalore. Many other major cities in the country too have faced this problem earlier and they have been able to successfully find a solution to it. We can take a leaf out of their experience,” Mr. Thakur said.

The Governor said that with the tremendous advancements made in the field of science and technology, new crimes such as cyber crimes have been on the rise. “Though the unprecedented boom in the information technology sector has resulted in economic prosperity, the apprehension of extortion and sabotage in sensitive installations is an unwanted fallout of such growth,” he said. Mr. Thakur said training to police personnel at different levels should not be just ritualistic and formal but oriented towards the changing security scenario.

Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Vatsala Vatsa, highlighted the need for providing in-service training and having refresher courses for policemen, particularly those working in the districts. She advised police officers to discuss the problems of constables who were working for more than the stipulated hours and find a solution.

Assistance

The Governor said the administration would render all assistance to strengthen the hands of the police to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections to the Assembly to be held soon.

Director-General and Inspector-General of Police K.R. Sreenivasan, who provided an overview of the functioning of the department during 2007, said the Union Government had sanctioned another India Reserve Battalion (IRB) to Karnataka, in addition to the one that is being established at Munirabad in Koppal district.

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