5 months ago
1
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed constabulary and different departments to enforce stringent information measures to guarantee that nary untoward incidents hap during New Year celebrations successful Bengaluru.
Chairing a high-level gathering with elder constabulary and departmental officials connected Sunday, the Chief Minister reviewed the precautionary arrangements being enactment successful spot crossed the city.
Emphasising women’s safety, Mr. Siddaramaiah instructed officials to instrumentality preventive steps and guarantee that celebrations instrumentality spot without immoderate incidents involving harassment oregon unit against women.
To facilitate harmless question aft celebrations, helium directed the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) to run a ample fig of buses aft midnight truthful that radical tin instrumentality location conveniently.
The Chief Minister besides ordered peculiar measures for assemblage absorption astatine cardinal locations including M.G. Road, Brigade Road, Church Street, Koramangala, and Indiranagar, and stressed the effectual usage of modern exertion to forestall stampedes oregon different mishaps.
As portion of the information plan, 20,000 constabulary unit volition beryllium deployed crossed Bengaluru, including 1,200 policemen roped successful from different districts. He instructed that women constabulary unit beryllium deployed successful larger numbers and that ‘Chennamma Teams’ beryllium actively utilised.
The officials said that the metropolis has been equipped with 4 power rooms, 78 ticker towers, 164 women assistance desks, and 55 ambulances to negociate emergencies. Over the past 3 days alone, the constabulary person registered 3,500 drink-and-drive cases.
In a bid to forestall accidents, two-wheeler question volition beryllium prohibited connected 50 flyovers successful the metropolis connected New Year’s Eve.
The gathering was attended by Home Minister G. Parameshwara, Political Secretary to the Chief Minister Naseer Ahmed, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh, Director-General and Inspector-General of Police M.A. Saleem, Greater Bengaluru Authority Chief Commissioner Maheshwar Rao, and different elder constabulary officials.
Traffic restrictions
The question of vehicles connected M.G. Road, Brigade Road, St. Marks Road, Resthouse Road, and Residency roadworthy has been restricted connected Wednesday nighttime till Thursday morning.
All types of vehicles are prohibited connected each implicit bridges successful the metropolis (except the flyover starring to the International Airport).
The question of two-wheelers is besides prohibited connected the flyover roadworthy of the International Airport from 10 p.m. connected December 31 to 6 a.m. connected January 1.
To forestall the question of dense goods vehicles successful the Central Business District area, diversions volition beryllium made astatine Old Udaya TV Junction, Khode, Townhall Junction, Chalukya Junction, Domlur, and Mehkri Circles.
