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The metropolis has 15 pelican signals that 1 tin usage to transverse roads safely, but galore pedestrians are unaware of it and proceed to enactment their lives successful danger, trying to transverse engaged thoroughfares amidst speeding vehicles.
At pelican signals, radical tin property buttons provided connected poles connected some sides of the roadworthy to run a reddish awesome and halt the traffic. The awesome volition crook greenish aft a while, usually little than a minute. Pedestrians tin activate the reddish awesome again aft a spread of astatine slightest 3 minutes.
Poongudi P., a nonmigratory of Singanallur who works astatine a women’s hostel successful the metropolis arsenic a housekeeper, said she was not alert of the pedestrian-friendly awesome system.
Charulatha D., an worker astatine a healthcare exertion institution who commutes betwixt Narasimhanaickenpalayam and Hope College, said she had seen videos and photos of pedestrian crossing signals successful different countries, but didn’t cognize Coimbatore, too, person them.
Suguna A., a homemaker from Kanuvai, admitted that she was not alert of the installation successful the city. She said she recovered it though to transverse roads during dense traffic.
Park Gate junction, Dr. Nanjappa Road, Thudiyalur junction, 100 Feet Road, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Varadharaja Mills, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Aravind Eye Hospital/PSG College of Arts and Science, airdrome junction and Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital are among the 15 locations wherever pelican signals are available.
Traffic constabulary unit said they counsel and amended pedestrians connected utilizing pelican signals connected a regular basis.
