Mysore/Mysuru: Following publication of the letter in ‘Voice of the Reader’ column titled ‘Disaster waiting to happen?’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, V.V. Puram Traffic Police, this morning, swung into action and regulated the movement of vehicles besides streamlining parking of vehicles.
In the letter, the reader had highlighted traffic menace on 2nd Main Road in Vontikoppal, in front of Nirmala Convent School, during School opening and closing hours, which was causing a lot of inconvenience to the public.
The reader had stated that two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers, which drop/pickup kids, were haphazardly parked without any consideration for road users & pedestrians and it is a common sight to see vehicles occupying half the road, causing traffic jams.
Taking the matter seriously, V.V. Puram Traffic Police, led by Inspector Prasanna Kumar and Assistant Sub-Inspector M.V. Murali, who swung into action this morning, created awareness among drivers of school autos and vans about traffic rules and regulations and also about disciplined parking of vehicles without causing inconvenience to other road users.
The Cops made the drivers park their vehicles in a line on the roadside for smooth flow of traffic and movement of pedestrians, especially senior citizens.
In future too Traffic Policemen will be deployed on the road to regulate traffic and to see that vehicles are not parked haphazardly on the road which could lead to traffic jam.
Wow! “Taking the matter seriously, V.V. Puram Traffic Police, led by Inspector Prasanna Kumar and Assistant Sub-Inspector M.V. Murali, who swung into action this morning….” The VV Puram police station is located in the1st main road while the Nirmala convent is in the 2nd main road. Does it require a public opinion letter to see what’s happening in the adjacent road?
Mysore police are totally corrupt.
This was long overdue, the drivers do not know the traffic parking rules, we the residents of 2nd main were the worst sufferers, Atlast police have taken care of parking, hope they will continue the vigil.
I also request the VV Puran police to take action against haphazard parking of two-wheelers in the car parking area opposite Loyal World near the roadside eateries. I have taken photos and gone to the police station myself and my compliant was just ignored.
At that very junction, autorickshaws park on the pedestrian crossing. This too continues to go unabated! But park a private car on the broad road near B. M. Habitat Mall and you get your wheel locked although the road is sufficiently broad to accommodate parallel parking of cars on both sides.
Even in Dasappa circle bus shelter, the spot earmarked for bus to stop is encroached by autos. The police are just 100 feet away at the rotary school junction and do not seem to notice this. The buses instead of stopping in front of the bus shelter, go ahead and park in the turn of the road towards railway station. How should aged people, pregnant women and children waiting in the bus shelter, manage to get down and board the bus in such a condition? What would people do when it is raining? Should these things be brought up the citizens to the authorities to act? What are the authorities doing in the first place? Are there none to ensure laws are followed and complied with? If not, why have them and pay their salaries?
Good job. Can the police look at the Sadvidya School in Vijayanagar. Same problem during school hours.
Suggest the police to check during school hours as the problem of taking over complete road and creating traffic logjam happens at the schools.
Talking about VV Moholla, Adipampa road. The traffic is very bad, the two Wheeler’s riding fast to showoff since there’s couple of college, schools, hostels, without helmets. Haphazard parking of four wheelers, both side of the road, which makes the road narrow and risky for pedestrians, unattended cows walking through the road which create traffic jams, unnecessary honking which leads to sound pollution, added to that of dumping of garbage at will at the roadside and into the drainage which leads to blockage od drains when it rains and stink and cattle grazing over garbage.
If they take it serious and think of service to the public and the beautiful city, make Adipampa road ONE WAY which makes sense to the residents and users of the road.
Hope the authority gives it a thought for everyone’s help.
@shantha
Your questions surprise me. Are you living in Mysore and India? If so, for how long?
Because, this is independent India, arguably the most corrupt and most inefficient police service, one could imagine in any country. But then this is a third world country. Mysore Police do these things, pretending to clear a problem to show that they are doing something! Have your Mysore police caught the leader of the armed robbery who robbed a jewellery shop, who has disappeared and is rumoured to be living in luxury in a city in North India? This is funny because, this gang were the most amateurish , advertised their presence in advance by watching another jewellery shop, arrived with no escape vehicle in stand by, burgled the jewellery shop, killing a by-stander in the process, and escaped by stopping and hiring Autos! This gang leader, did not even have a bag, and was thrusting the jewellery into his pockets! The most inefficient armed robbers in the entire world!
Mysore police commissioner, prided himself in a press meet saying how his officers nabbed the gang members, and walked away, when questioned about the brain behind this robbery-the leader!
That is Mysore police for you, in independent India-a flat-footed bunch of no hopers! Jai Hind!!
Hello Ganapathy
Your city-you call it beautiful, you need your eyes examined in Singapore . This city was beautiful in 1950, where it was small, when people could walk or cycle and was surrounded by forests where trees bore fruits.
In any manner of speaking, this city is polluted with massive population, footpaths disappearing or occupied by vendors selling everything one could imagine, where there is space, people urinate and defecate, and the roads are choking with petrol vehicles of all kinds. didn’t you know that by next year, India will be proud to have the highest population surpassing China! A massive achievement in Modi’s Tech India!
Hello Ganapathy
Your city-you call it beautiful, you need your eyes examined in Singapore ( as India is no good). This city was beautiful in 1950, where it was small, when people could walk or cycle and was surrounded by forests where trees bore fruits.
In any manner of speaking, this city is polluted with massive population, footpaths disappearing or occupied by vendors selling everything one could imagine, where there is space, people urinate and defecate, and the roads are choking with petrol vehicles of all kinds. didn’t you know that by next year, India will be proud to have the highest population surpassing China! A massive achievement in Modi’s Tech India!
First of all Mysore is not the cleanest city as it was earlier nor there are traffic rules.. people are riding without helmets and they texting and riding the same time.. Mysore really needs help now and not to mention the roads..