The Hindu 12.12.2009
City roads to get more space soon
Special Correspondent
CHENNAI: The road space in the city is set to increase with the Chennai Police planning to conduct a joint eviction drive with the Chennai Corporation authorities to remove encroachments that include transformers, trees and roadside temples.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Friday, Commissioner of Police T. Rajendran said a special team was formed recently to identify encroachments that obstruct smooth flow of vehicles.
“The actual road space can be restored only if there encroachments are removed,” he said.
He said the Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin held a couple of meetings recently with regard to improvement of traffic in the city.
Mr. Rajendran said the traffic police had enforced the helmet rule firmly last month which drastically brought down the number of fatal accidents.
Mr. Rajendran gave away gold jewellery recovered by the police in different cases to owners.
