Committee constituted to tackle Kottayam’s traffic woes

The authorities is acceptable to make specialised plans and schemes aimed astatine addressing the postulation woes successful Kottayam municipality and its surrounding areas. A determination to this effect was taken successful a gathering convened by Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan successful Kottayam connected Monday.

According to authorities, a study volition beryllium prepared outlining the steps to beryllium taken to guarantee that the existing laws and regulations are strictly followed successful the town. For this, a committee comprising the District Collector, District Police Chief, Regional Transport Officer, Public Works Roads enforcement engineer, representatives of KSEB, National Highway Authority of India and Kottayam municipality has been constituted. The committee volition behaviour a broad survey connected issues specified arsenic amerciable parking, encroachments, instrumentality violations, autobus halt arrangements, and details of car stands.

The Speaker announced that a last determination connected consequent actions volition beryllium made pursuing elaborate discussions connected the draught study submitted by this committee by June 13. “A semipermanent program for postulation betterment volition beryllium prepared keeping successful presumption the improvement of the municipality and the surrounding areas. NATPAC volition beryllium tasked with conducting a elaborate survey for this and submitting a report. Future postulation improvement volition beryllium implemented connected the ground of this report,” helium said.

The participants successful the gathering pointed retired the postulation problems faced successful the areas from Chingavanam to Gandhinagar connected M.C. Road and projected imaginable solutions arsenic well. Suggestions included installing caller postulation lights and absorption boards, ensuring effectual usage of autobus bays, rearranging stops, preventing buses from halting connected stops extracurricular scheduled timings, and relocating energy transformers that obstruct conveyance movement. District Collector Chetan Kumar Meena, District Police Chief A. Shahul Hameed, municipal president M.P. Santosh Kumar besides spoke.