Stuck for a solution
By Manasi Paresh Kumar
A fire department personnel during a mock drill commented that the only reason the rescue took as little time as it did was because the traffic had been diverted and the fire engines did not have to crawl their way through never ending line of wheels...
Our fire engines boast of state-of-the-art technologies that can help save lives from highrise buildings and jam-packed malls. Literally, sky is the limit for them. But if one looks down and takes a closer look at the ground reality, crawling traffic is a huge challenge they are yet to find a way out of. In fact, a fire department personnel during a mock drill even commented that the only reason the rescue took as little time as it did was because the traffic had been diverted and the fire engines did not have to crawl their way through never ending line of wheels. K C Ramamurthy, ACP (Traffic and security). though pleads helplessness about the vehicular jams, adds, “Given the practical problems, we are doing our best. If there is an emergency situation where a fire engine has to reach a particular spot we try and ensure a clear path for it within five to six minutes. We have even told the hospitals to tell us about an emergency so we can clear the route for them.” But the solution is obviously not working.If there is one clear culprit here it is the utter failure of urban planning. While the BBMP is trying to address the issue with its traffic management plan for commercial establishments for the future, for now they are groping in the dark for solutions.
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Short-term remedies are being discussed. Congestion charges, the pros and cons of dedicated lanes (but there is no place for this on our roads) are all in the loop but nothing concrete has been decided upon. A traffic official candidly commented that Bangalore needs to take a vacation from growth for sometime, build up the infrastructure and then resume its climb to the top. When one thinks of it while being stuck in traffic jam for hours, it doesn’t sound all that impractical.
By Manasi Paresh Kumar
A fire department personnel during a mock drill commented that the only reason the rescue took as little time as it did was because the traffic had been diverted and the fire engines did not have to crawl their way through never ending line of wheels...
Our fire engines boast of state-of-the-art technologies that can help save lives from highrise buildings and jam-packed malls. Literally, sky is the limit for them. But if one looks down and takes a closer look at the ground reality, crawling traffic is a huge challenge they are yet to find a way out of. In fact, a fire department personnel during a mock drill even commented that the only reason the rescue took as little time as it did was because the traffic had been diverted and the fire engines did not have to crawl their way through never ending line of wheels. K C Ramamurthy, ACP (Traffic and security). though pleads helplessness about the vehicular jams, adds, “Given the practical problems, we are doing our best. If there is an emergency situation where a fire engine has to reach a particular spot we try and ensure a clear path for it within five to six minutes. We have even told the hospitals to tell us about an emergency so we can clear the route for them.” But the solution is obviously not working.If there is one clear culprit here it is the utter failure of urban planning. While the BBMP is trying to address the issue with its traffic management plan for commercial establishments for the future, for now they are groping in the dark for solutions.
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Short-term remedies are being discussed. Congestion charges, the pros and cons of dedicated lanes (but there is no place for this on our roads) are all in the loop but nothing concrete has been decided upon. A traffic official candidly commented that Bangalore needs to take a vacation from growth for sometime, build up the infrastructure and then resume its climb to the top. When one thinks of it while being stuck in traffic jam for hours, it doesn’t sound all that impractical.
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Quite curious fact but a reality. Rds, Manoj from Kalyan City.
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