Traffic

Residents demand mechanised sweepers to contain vehicular and construction dust on main roads

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With vehicular pollution, construction and roadside dust polluting the main roads of HSR Layout, the residents are now asking the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to implement mechanised sweeping of the main roads atleast.
 
 
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“Where are the mechanical sweepers that were supposed to be deployed on all the major roads of Bangalore?” asks HSR resident and civic activist Kavitha Reddy in a tweet to CM and Deputy CM of Karnataka. “If the CM and Deputy CM continue to let the corporators and MLAs to decide on it, they will destroy the city further! Just visit the strech between Agara and Silkboard junction, were the roads have not been cleaned for years now.”
 
Says resident Shashidhara K who is busy installing pollution monitors across HSR Layout to gauge the impact, and his results are not encouraging: “HSR definitely need to eliminate construction dust, sand particles from streets (using BBMP mechanized sweepers), and also reduce vehicular pollution at the earliest. Air quality is very bad on the main roads and at intersections.”
 
 
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Residents ask for dividers, speedbreakers on 19th Main, 27th Main; top cop promises action

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On September 4, the residents of HSR Layout tweeted to the city traffic police about fixing the messy and dangerous gridlocks on 19th Main-11th Cross Road and 27th Main-7th Cross. Additional Commissioner of Police R Hithendra immediately responded that he would have the situation examined. The Traffic East police division was activated who, in turn, asked the HSR cops to look into the complaint.
 
 
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27th Main Road
 
 
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19th Main Road
 
Now the local traffic wing has promised to inspect the spots during peak hours and figure out ways to fix the gridlock and avoid accidents. “We asked the cops to take action as there have been accidents due to reckless speeding on 19th Main and 27th Main,” says Sector 1 resident Kavitha Reddy who had tweeted to the top cop. “We have suggested 15-metre road dividers and speed breakers for smooth flow of traffic, and to reduce road rage and accidents.”
 
 
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DID YOU KNOW? Somasundrapalya & HSR 5th Main junctions manned by Electronic City traffic cops!

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Did you know that the border areas of HSR Layout are managed by traffic cops from Electronic City? We are talking about the Somasundrapalya Main Road junction and 5th Main junction of HSR Layout.
 
That’s a 10 kilometre distance from HSR Layout that the cops are being put in charge. The problem is shortage of staff. The remedy? They hop from one junction to the other to ease the traffic flow during peak hours. We spotted them at the 5th Main-MG Palya junction between 6.30pm-8.30pm.
 
When we pressed them to also look at the jam at the MG Palya-HSR Layout junction, the cops said that they are short of staff, and they would rather tackle the bigger bottlenecks of Somasundrapalya Main Road and 5th Main junction near Salarpuria apartments. In addition, they said that the narrow stretch of road that meets MG Palya Road is the biggest problem. “Even a single four wheeler cannot take a U-turn here without obstructing traffic for a long time. The problem is with the curvature and width of the road itself,” said one cop manning the 5th Main junction.
 
Here is how they were seen managing the traffic last night. Their biggest complaint is that the users are always in a hurry and don’t listen to them on many occasions. “The tanker drivers are the biggest culprits. One person died on 27th Main Road in Sector 1 last week because of one such person. They drive fast even on roads that demand slow-moving traffic.”
 
JURISDICTIONAL CHAOS
While all the sectors of HSR Layout are managed by the crime branch of HSR Layout in a clear-cut fashion, the traffic police, however, had a stranger problem earlier. Sectors 6 & 7 were managed by the Madiwala cops. Later, it was streamlined to include all the sectors of HSR Layout. Similarly, the Bandepalya Police Station is in Sector 3 of HSR Layout, as they did not find a convenient place in their own jurisdiction, or so they claim. Similarly, the entire stretch of MG Palya Road, from Somasundrapalya Road junction to Hosur Road junction is managed by the Electronic City traffic cops, while Iblur is managed by the HSR cops.