Ghz - Get ready for Commonwealth Games
Is NCR game for 2010?, G'bad police send proposals for improving infrastructure, additional manpower
Off the block to get ready for Commonwealth Games, Ghaziabad police send proposals for improving infrastructure, additional manpower
It's exactly 736 days to go for Commonwealth Games 2010, and Ghaziabad is tightening its seat belt to tackle the traffic spillover from the Capital during the 12-day event.
While the district administration has submitted a traffic management proposal to Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), the police, too, have sought broadening of roads, among others, in a communiqué sent to the development authority.
"Most people from western Uttar Pradesh (coming to watch the Games) are expected take the route though Ghaziabad. So roads need to be broadened to handle this expected rush of traffic," GDA's executive engineer Ram Tripathi says. The development authority has zeroed in on NH-24, NH-58 and GT Road for expansion.
The projects have already got a go-ahead from GDA, and work on inviting tenders would start "soon", Tripathi said.
Newsline takes a look at proposals submitted by the district police:
Flyovers and bypasses
The proposal by the police cites the need for flyovers at: Vijaynagar crossing (on NH 24), NH 24, Model Town, UP border, Maharajpur, NH-58 Mohannagar, and NH-58 Meerut T-point. Construction of a separate bypass on Outer Ring Road is also proposed.
Service lanes and underpasses
To cut the clutter in residential areas and to avoid affecting traffic movement inside colonies, the police have suggested service lanes on NH-58 (from Meerut to Morta), and on NH-24 bypass (from Lal Quan to UP gate). The traffic police say the number of cuts on these stretches result in heavy logjam. "The cuts on the main roads have to be blocked and underpasses should be made at necessary junctions to avoid traffic congestion at these points," Ghaziabad's Superintendent of Police (SP) Vijay Bhushan says.
Low-floor AC CNG buses
Taking lessons from the Capital, Ghaziabad Traffic Police has proposed starting low-floor, CNG-run buses. SP Bhushan says these chic-looking, environment-friendly buses and regularised taxi service are the need of the hour. After all, "Ghaziabad should not gain a bad reputation for poor transport facilities," he says. The proposal to the GDA also suggests making "CNG-run autorickshaws compulsory in the district".
Prepaid auto, taxi stands
The traffic police have proposed four prepaid taxi and auto booths: at Maharajpur, New Bus Terminal, Old Bus Terminal, and Mohan Nagar. The police department has also sought a taxi stand at Lal Quan.
CCTV control rooms and synchronised traffic lights
The police have proposed CCTV control rooms at Mohannagar, Meerut T-point, Choudhary crossing, court and thana link road. "Many traffic lights do not work in the district," a police official says. "We have also suggested the need for new traffic signals on Dasna crossing, police lines gate number 1, Sales Tax barrier entrance, Rajendra Nagar Sector-5, and Shastri Nagar T-crossing on Hapur Road."
The police say traffic lights on NH-24 and NH-58 should also be synchronised.
Training public transport drivers
Drivers of all public transport vehicles in the district will be trained, keeping in mind the visitors expected during the Games. The traffic department will be involved in the awareness programmes and giving basic training to drivers. The proposal says two traffic police lines needs to be set up -- "one for the main city and the other for trans-Hindon areas" -- since the traffic police are expected to impound many more vehicles every day to keep the flow in check.
Facilities for traffic cops
To raise levels of patrolling, the traffic police have sought additional vehicles such as trucks, a mobile interceptor, two ambulance vans, one disaster management van, and four traffic mobile vans. A senior officer says the district needs additional traffic police personnel to manage the scene during the Games: "We a have sent a proposal for recruitment of two traffic inspectors, 15 traffic sub-inspectors, 45 head constables, and 266 constables."
Off the block to get ready for Commonwealth Games, Ghaziabad police send proposals for improving infrastructure, additional manpower
It's exactly 736 days to go for Commonwealth Games 2010, and Ghaziabad is tightening its seat belt to tackle the traffic spillover from the Capital during the 12-day event.
While the district administration has submitted a traffic management proposal to Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA), the police, too, have sought broadening of roads, among others, in a communiqué sent to the development authority.
"Most people from western Uttar Pradesh (coming to watch the Games) are expected take the route though Ghaziabad. So roads need to be broadened to handle this expected rush of traffic," GDA's executive engineer Ram Tripathi says. The development authority has zeroed in on NH-24, NH-58 and GT Road for expansion.
The projects have already got a go-ahead from GDA, and work on inviting tenders would start "soon", Tripathi said.
Newsline takes a look at proposals submitted by the district police:
Flyovers and bypasses
The proposal by the police cites the need for flyovers at: Vijaynagar crossing (on NH 24), NH 24, Model Town, UP border, Maharajpur, NH-58 Mohannagar, and NH-58 Meerut T-point. Construction of a separate bypass on Outer Ring Road is also proposed.
Service lanes and underpasses
To cut the clutter in residential areas and to avoid affecting traffic movement inside colonies, the police have suggested service lanes on NH-58 (from Meerut to Morta), and on NH-24 bypass (from Lal Quan to UP gate). The traffic police say the number of cuts on these stretches result in heavy logjam. "The cuts on the main roads have to be blocked and underpasses should be made at necessary junctions to avoid traffic congestion at these points," Ghaziabad's Superintendent of Police (SP) Vijay Bhushan says.
Low-floor AC CNG buses
Taking lessons from the Capital, Ghaziabad Traffic Police has proposed starting low-floor, CNG-run buses. SP Bhushan says these chic-looking, environment-friendly buses and regularised taxi service are the need of the hour. After all, "Ghaziabad should not gain a bad reputation for poor transport facilities," he says. The proposal to the GDA also suggests making "CNG-run autorickshaws compulsory in the district".
Prepaid auto, taxi stands
The traffic police have proposed four prepaid taxi and auto booths: at Maharajpur, New Bus Terminal, Old Bus Terminal, and Mohan Nagar. The police department has also sought a taxi stand at Lal Quan.
CCTV control rooms and synchronised traffic lights
The police have proposed CCTV control rooms at Mohannagar, Meerut T-point, Choudhary crossing, court and thana link road. "Many traffic lights do not work in the district," a police official says. "We have also suggested the need for new traffic signals on Dasna crossing, police lines gate number 1, Sales Tax barrier entrance, Rajendra Nagar Sector-5, and Shastri Nagar T-crossing on Hapur Road."
The police say traffic lights on NH-24 and NH-58 should also be synchronised.
Training public transport drivers
Drivers of all public transport vehicles in the district will be trained, keeping in mind the visitors expected during the Games. The traffic department will be involved in the awareness programmes and giving basic training to drivers. The proposal says two traffic police lines needs to be set up -- "one for the main city and the other for trans-Hindon areas" -- since the traffic police are expected to impound many more vehicles every day to keep the flow in check.
Facilities for traffic cops
To raise levels of patrolling, the traffic police have sought additional vehicles such as trucks, a mobile interceptor, two ambulance vans, one disaster management van, and four traffic mobile vans. A senior officer says the district needs additional traffic police personnel to manage the scene during the Games: "We a have sent a proposal for recruitment of two traffic inspectors, 15 traffic sub-inspectors, 45 head constables, and 266 constables."