Malleswaram residents submit a traffic plan to Bangalore Traffic Police
The Malleswaram Residents' Association has urged the
civic authorities to construct a new 100-ft road linking Subedar Chatram
Road and Okalipuram-Sriramapuram Road on the Jakkarayanakere land to
ease traffic congestion on Sampige Road.
The road
connecting the junction of Seshadripuram 1st Main and Subedar Chatram
Road is named S.K. Venkataranga Iyengar Road. But old habits die hard
and people still call it Subedar Chatram Road.
Submitting
a traffic plan with a map to the Bangalore Traffic Police here on
Thursday, the association said the life of over 25 lakh residents of
north Bangalore has been affected after the construction of Mantri
Square on Sampige Road. In what was once a quiet residential area,
massive traffic jams are an everyday occurrence after one of the biggest
malls in the city, Mantri Square, opened.
Road encroached
The
proposed road will pass through Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike
(BBMP) land and will connect the existing City Railway and Central Bus
Stand Road to the West of the Tumkur Railway line. This road, the
association alleged, has been encroached upon by the Mantris and the
Survey of India has confirmed the encroachment.
The
proposal recommends an underpass below the railway line for further
access to Okalipuram-Sriramapuram Road, association president B.R. Gopal
Rao said. He added that the proposed road will not be very expensive
for the BBMP as it is through its own property.
After
construction of the road, the traffic police should streamline vehicle
movement to ease the congestion on Sampige Road. All entries and exits
of Mantri Square facing Sampige Road should be closed and should be
shifted to face the new road. The new road should have safe and
signalled pedestrian crossings for visitors to Mantri Square.
The
new road would be of much help for vehicles from Vasanthnagar,
Shivajinagar and Majestic towards Rajajinagar, Malleswaram, Mathikere
and surrounding areas. People need not take Sampige Road but can go on
the Railway Parallel Road (West). BMTC bus stops in front of the Nataraj
theatre should be shifted in front of Hotel Swathi for Majestic-bound
buses and in front of BBMP (West) Office on Sampige Road for buses
headed towards northern parts of Bangalore.
Other agencies
Mr. Rao told the
association has submitted similar plans to BBMP and other agencies
concerned and was hopeful of them acting in unison towards alleviating
road users' and residents' woes. Additional Commissioner of Police
(Traffic), M. Abdulla Saleem, who received the plan, said the proposal
requires deliberations with the BBMP and other agencies. A suitable
decision would be arrived at thereafter, he said.
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