Take all necessary steps to decongest City roads: DC to deptts

Srinagar, Sep 26: In order to address traffic congestion and ensure smooth movement of traffic in Srinagar City, a meeting was held on Friday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Akshay Labroo here at the Meeting Hall of the DC Office Complex.
The meeting was attended by Vice Chairman, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA), Mohammad Rafi; Vice Chairman Lake Conservation & Management Authority (LCMA), Mohammad Shahid Saleem; SSP Traffic Police, Aijaz Ahmad; Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mir Imtiyaz Ul Aziz; GM SRTC, Showkat Ahmad; Joint Commissioner SMC, Syed Abul Qasim; Joint Director Tourism, Waseem Raja; Superintending Engineers of R&B & SMC, ARTO Srinagar and concerned.
At the outset, stakeholder departments were brainstormed to come up with the actionable points to decongest the Srinagar City and ensure smooth plying of vehicles and better traffic management system particularly at heavy traffic junctions to overcome traffic jam on City roads.
A threadbare deliberation was also held with regard to reducing congestion, increasing road capacity and road infrastructure, encroachment removal, tackling instances of wrong parking and addressing bottlenecks at different parts of the City, besides safety and accident reduction measures and enforcement of traffic rules & regulations.
On the occasion, DC sought comprehensive feedback from all stakeholder departments to devise and develop an effective, practical and sustainable traffic management system for Srinagar City. He asked the Traffic Police, RTO, LCMA, SMC, and SDA to jointly identify congestion points and propose concrete measures for their resolution.
Stressing the need for coordinated efforts, DC asked concerned departments to take all necessary steps to decongest City roads and ensure smooth movement.
DC emphasized the need for adequate parking facilities in busy areas.
Calling the resolution of this emerging challenge as a multi-agency effort, DC urged the departments including SMC, R&B, ARTO, SRTC, and Traffic Police to work in close coordination and come up with an actionable, practical blueprint to decongest the City and build a reliable and efficient public transport system.
DC directed that the meeting shall be held again soon to finalise the first draft of the actionable points and also suggested that feedback be also sought from common public towards this end.