The Times of India 09.04.2013
Implement parking norms in congested areas: State
PUNE: The municipal corporations of Pune and PimpriChinchwad have been told to implement pay-and-park scheme in congested areas.
This is one of the 12-point action plan finalized at a high-level meeting convened by additional chief secretary (home) Amitabh Rajan for solving traffic problems of the city last week. The two corporations have also been asked to ensure there are no encroachments affecting movement of pedestrians and traffic.
Traffic officials said that while Pune has a pay-and-park scheme for four-wheelers on some roads, a proposal for implementing a similar scheme for two-wheelers is pending for want of political consensus. In Pimpri Chinchwad, the municipal corporation is yet to have a pay-and-park any kind of vehicle. At the meeting, the civic authorities were directed to take an early decision on implementing the scheme in congested areas.
The meeting, the second in last two months, continued its focus on encroachments that hinders with traffic flow. The Pune Municipal Corporation has started a drive since February to remove encroachments that block footpaths and roadsides. The civic authorities and the police were told to ensure these illegal structures do not crop up once again.
The Pune traffic police have given various suggestions to the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations to improve traffic situation. They have been told to complete all the suggested works by the end of May. The district planning and development committee has been asked to make a budgetary provision of Rs 2 crore for the purpose. The corporations will be required to pursue implementation of hawkers' policy as well as transfer lands required for the traffic police for their divisional offices. The PMC has also been asked to submit a plan to the state government for improvement of traffic at Chandni chowk.
In the first week of February, a decision was taken at a high-level meeting held in Mumbai to have traffic police headquarters in Aundh. Traffic officials said the home department will follow the proposal of traffic police headquarters as well as pursue the proposals of man-power and equipment shortage in the traffic police department. The home department will also purse with the state government the implementation of trafficop - a mobile governance project for traffic management. Trafficop was implemented in Pune for a period of one year as a pilot project.
Meanwhile, the PMPML, the city public bus transport undertaking, has been asked to complete the process of procuring 500 buses on lease from contractors. Among others present for the meeting included district collector Vikas Deshmukh, police commissioner Gulabrao Pol, joint commissioner Sanjeevkumar Singhal, senior officials of the regional transport office and Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations.
This is one of the 12-point action plan finalized at a high-level meeting convened by additional chief secretary (home) Amitabh Rajan for solving traffic problems of the city last week. The two corporations have also been asked to ensure there are no encroachments affecting movement of pedestrians and traffic.
Traffic officials said that while Pune has a pay-and-park scheme for four-wheelers on some roads, a proposal for implementing a similar scheme for two-wheelers is pending for want of political consensus. In Pimpri Chinchwad, the municipal corporation is yet to have a pay-and-park any kind of vehicle. At the meeting, the civic authorities were directed to take an early decision on implementing the scheme in congested areas.
The meeting, the second in last two months, continued its focus on encroachments that hinders with traffic flow. The Pune Municipal Corporation has started a drive since February to remove encroachments that block footpaths and roadsides. The civic authorities and the police were told to ensure these illegal structures do not crop up once again.
The Pune traffic police have given various suggestions to the Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations to improve traffic situation. They have been told to complete all the suggested works by the end of May. The district planning and development committee has been asked to make a budgetary provision of Rs 2 crore for the purpose. The corporations will be required to pursue implementation of hawkers' policy as well as transfer lands required for the traffic police for their divisional offices. The PMC has also been asked to submit a plan to the state government for improvement of traffic at Chandni chowk.
In the first week of February, a decision was taken at a high-level meeting held in Mumbai to have traffic police headquarters in Aundh. Traffic officials said the home department will follow the proposal of traffic police headquarters as well as pursue the proposals of man-power and equipment shortage in the traffic police department. The home department will also purse with the state government the implementation of trafficop - a mobile governance project for traffic management. Trafficop was implemented in Pune for a period of one year as a pilot project.
Meanwhile, the PMPML, the city public bus transport undertaking, has been asked to complete the process of procuring 500 buses on lease from contractors. Among others present for the meeting included district collector Vikas Deshmukh, police commissioner Gulabrao Pol, joint commissioner Sanjeevkumar Singhal, senior officials of the regional transport office and Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal corporations.
