Source : The Hindu Date : 09.07.2009

Municipal Commissioners pledge support for streamlining traffic

Staff Reporter

GUNTUR: With the district police taking the initiative in streamlining traffic in 11 municipalities and in Guntur Municipal Corporation, the Municipal Commissioners pledged their support to the police during a meeting organised in the city on Wednesday.

Superintendent of Police Shankha Brata Bagchi, who accorded high priority to traffic by visiting some of the municipalities in the peak hours to get a feel of the traffic scenario had also taken the initiative of penning an action plan for effective traffic management in those towns.

The SP who visited Bapatla on Tuesday, reviewed the traffic problems along with Municipal Commissioner Niranjan Reddy. Following the request of the Commissioner to relocate the Bus Bay on the premises of Old Bus Stand, the SP said that the issue could be taken up with the APSRTC, Regional Manager during the next Crime Review Meeting.

He also suggested that the auto stand at Tenali could be relocated and wanted similar measures taken at Macharla and Sattenapalli. He sought the cooperation of the municipal staff in clearing the encroachments on the main roads. “We have identified major traffic junction points at Mangalagiri, Sattenapalli and other towns and now giving an action plan for the municipalities to be implemented,” the SP added. Earlier, presiding over the meeting, Municipal Commissioner K. Ilambarthi asked the municipal commissioners to expedite execution of various works under the 12th Finance Commission grants. He said that most of the municipalities were lagging behind and warned that the funds could be taken back by Government. Regional Joint Director Karuna Chandra Babu said that sanctions for all the works had been released.