The Statesman 07.06.2013
KMC teams to ensure smooth flow of traffic
Corporation today formed five teams of disaster management to remove all
barriers in case of natural calamities and ensure smooth flow of
traffic.
Traffic in the city is badly affected after a squall when hundreds of trees are uprooted inconveniencing residents.
This had happened on 4 April when more than 100 trees in the Maidan and its neighbourhood got uprooted.
People living in Tollygunge took nearly two hours to reach their home in the evening.
The teams comprising five members each will have ten vehicles. The vehicles will carry modern equipment to cut trees.
The
teams will move fast during any natural calamity with the modern
equipment, said Mr Debasish Kumar, member, mayor-in-council, parks,
gardens and sports.
The team was formed as existing teams and
equipment of the civic body were not sufficient to remove trees that
fell on roads during storm, a senior civic official said.
