The Hindu 31.01.2014
DC asks MCC to set up skywalk
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim asked
the Mangalore City Corporation to build a skywalk at Hampankatta
Junction and make the busy junction hassle free for motorists.
Speaking
at the district level road safety committee meeting on Thursday, he
also proposed to have 30 bus bays and 30 autorickshaw stands in the
city.
Mr. Ibrahim directed officials to begin
painting the pedestrian crossings (zebra crossing) in a week. He said
that thought he reminded the Deputy Commissioner (development) of the
MCC a month ago to paint the pedestrian crossings, work had not begun.
He
said officials were not taking interest to construct bus bays,
autorickshaw stands, footpaths, rainwater drains, paint roads at
pedestrian crossings. A visibly upset DC said: “Whole meeting will
become meaningless unless the MCC acts.”
Mr. Ibrahim,
also the administrator of the corporation, asked the MCC to prepare the
action plan within a fortnight for building the bus bays and
autorickshaw stands. The skywalk will enable pedestrians to cross from
the side of Wenlock Hospital to the side of Vijaya Pen Mart.
Mr.
Ibrahim, also the chairman of the District Regional Transport
Authority, chided the corporation for its failure to make Hampankatta
Junction hassle-free for motorists.
He said that the
junction was in very bad condition. “Probably Hampankatta Junction is
‘the Mangalore’. Develop it in such a way to reflect the quality of
Mangalore. Give it a facelift,” Mr. Ibrahim said.
No horn zone
Though
the committee in previous meeting on June 24, 2013, had identified
Ambedkar Circle and Wenlock Hospital areas as ‘no horn zone’ no sign
boards had been put up there, he said and asked the civic body to erect
the boards immediately. Mr. Ibrahim asked the Regional Transport Officer
and police to ensure that it was implemented.
The
meeting decided to recommend the government to ensure all tankers
transporting petroleum products on the highways have global positioning
system (GPS).
