MGP to study traffic congestion Suggests remedial measures
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MGP to study traffic congestion Suggests remedial measures

November 15, 2017

Mysuru: A Comprehensive Study on Traffic Congestion in Mysuru City Centre, initiated by the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), was formally launched by Deputy Commissioner D.Randeep at his office this morning.

The study will be anchored by R. Chandra Prakash and it will recommend solutions to de-congest the traffic in the Central Business District (CBD) that is already facing bumper-to-bumper traffic following exponential growth of vehicles.

According to Chandra Prakash, traffic congestion is rapidly increasing in the CBD and if urgent steps are not taken, the city will have traffic gridlocks everywhere very soon. Railway track-doubling and 6-laning of the highway between Mysuru and Bengaluru will encourage overflow from Bengaluru and exacerbate this problem.

To formulate a plan to prevent this disaster, one needs an in-depth study of the various aspects of traffic congestion in this area. Mentioning that previous studies were either out-of-date or not available to the public, he added that the traffic study will be submitted by May 2018. He said that he would seek inputs, data and suggestions from RTO, KSRTC, Railways, NGOs, educational institutions and include them in the study.

Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep launches the Comprehensive Study on Traffic Congestion at his office this morning as MGP members look on. [Pic. by Pragati Gopalkrishna]

Commissioning the study, DC D. Randeep said that the study must include measures to be taken to control the flow of traffic. A mere study without solutions does not mean anything, he said. He told the MGP to suggest short-term, mid-term and long-term measures to minimise or ease traffic congestion in CBD. He promised the MGP team that the District Administration will provide all necessary help for the MGP to complete the study.

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The DC also said that if required, he would write to the Executive Officer of Department of Urban Land Transport to help the MGP to gather data.

MGP President S.D. Saokar, Working President Prof. Sobana, Founder-President Bhamy V. Shenoy and Members Bapu Sathyanarayana, P.M. Bhat, Prof. B.S. Shankar, K.S. Narasimhamurthy, K.V. Ramanath, Ashwatha Narayan, Shrimathi, Dr. Nirmala and Suman Shenoy were present.

Public can participate in this study by mailing their suggestions to [email protected] or MGP, 6/1, Vivekananda Road, Yadavagiri, Mysuru – 570020.

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