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We are coming up with ITMS, of road users due to low deterrence
the government has sanctioned leading to a) traffic congestion and
bottlenecks b) reduced speed and c)
about 1000Cr for 10,000 cameras air & noise pollution.”
in Hyderabad City for the Hithendra lists down some of the
programme. All the cameras are decongestion initiatives undertaken by
high definition cameras and they BTP including the B-TRAC project
• Totally 193 roads have been
are installed at all the junctions converted into one-ways in the
of the city. With the contribution Central Business District area and
of the community, we have this has led to free flow of traffic and
installed 3,500 cameras. – Dr V Ravinder, IPS reduce junction conflicts.
• On-street parking has been banned
on important roads like Old Madras
Road, Tumkur Road, Hosur Road,
Mysore Road etc.
• In order to ensure free flow of
traffic, many Right & ‘U’ Turns
question of escaping. We also produce R Hithendra, Additional. have been banned on arterial and
this evidence in the court of law and Commissioner of Police, Traffic, sub-arterial roads. Most of these
the offender gets convicted based on Bengaluru, attributes the traffic bans are in heavily congested areas
the evidence. So, people are afraid to problems in the city mainly to like Marathalli, Bellandur, Iblur,
commit offence in Hyderabad City.” population boom, economic growth, Madiwala etc.
Hyderabad police also has plans to the subsequent growth in vehicular • Under Safe Route to School project,
install another 3000 cameras in the traffic, slow growth in transport all schools in congested areas have
next two years around the city. In infrastructure, lack of adequate been asked to change school timings.
addition to that, residents as well as public transport, poor urban traffic Now most of the schools open
colonies have adopted to the London planning, zero parking infrastructure, before 8.30 am and close before
model where every house and over all unregulated parking and indiscipline 3.30 pm leading to segregation of
colony/ies install cameras in some of
the strategic localities. In London, for
every structure, whether it is a house,
mall, or shop, the owner must put
cameras all around. So, that helps in
prevention of crime and gives a sense
of security. It is a big deterrent for the
offenders. The city police has installed
sensors for speed tracking, automatic
RLVD and for number plate detection
which are embedded in the ITMS
projects.
In Bengaluru

The Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP)
looks after the regulation, enforcement
and road safety aspects of traffic
management in the City. It manages
traffic on 13000kms of broad network
of roads and nearly 44,000 intersections.
Presently, there are 70.20 lakh vehicles
in the City.

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