Bengaluru: With this year’s monsoon around the corner, the City traffic police are toying with the idea of stopping the entry of heavy motor vehicles (HMV) during heavy rains.
The HMVs will be stopped near the toll plazas and on the city outskirts during rains, in order to prevent traffic gridlocks inside the city.
During a recent meeting of the traffic police inspectors and the senior police officers, various plans were made to tackle traffic issues during the monsoon season.
One of the issues raised was that of heavy vehicles plying inside the city, which would frequently break down and cause traffic jams during heavy rains. A senior officer, who attended the meeting, said, “Most inspectors, who are on the ground, have told us about HMVs causing traffic obstruction. We have also witnessed few such incidents, especially when it is raining. These HMV have no permission to enter the city during the peak hours, but yet it is being violated and we will start keeping an eye on this. Now, we are planning to stop the movement of vehicles when there is heavy rain in the city.”
“Once a HMV breaks down inside the city limits, it is complete chaos, as they take up half the carriage space and leaving less space for other vehicles to pass through and during the rains, things get worse and the traffic congestion stretches to various other areas. To avoid this we are drawing various plans and will co-ordinate with NHAI and toll officials to ensure that they do not enter the city during heavy rains and few vehicles which are already inside the city, will also be stopped. They will be allowed to resume their journey only after the rains recede and traffic movement is smooth,” added the officer.
Another officer felt it is a difficult idea to execute, but if co-ordinated well among all the officials, than it can be possible. “This is just an idea and we will experiment it for few days, before taking it up in a full-fledged manner. This will be implemented only during the monsoon season,” he said.
