Good Move - U-Turn Points Closed At 7 Junctions In Hyderabad

[Spartan]

 

No U turn Sign Board

 

Hyderabad: Turn points at seven major junctions are being closed down by the traffic police in a bid to ease vehicular congestion. Among the junctions which have been closed on a trial basis are at Rasoolpura, Madina, Road No. 78 Jubilee Hills, Toli Chowki (Galaxy) and Prakashnagar.

 

The traffic police expects to close 20 more junctions in due course. Neeru's junction in Jubilee Hills and the Tarnaka junction will also be taken up soon for closure. Closing a junction would mean barricading the turn point and converting it into a straight road. This reduces the number of traffic interruptions.

“We closed turn points at a couple of places successfully and will taking up at least 20 more junctions for closure,” said additional commissioner of police (traffic) Jitender.

 

He said junctions on the entire stretch from SR Nagar up to Miyapur had been closed, including at JNTU. “This has brought down the travel time from 25-30 minutes to just 10 minutes on the 7 to 8 km stretch as congestion has come down significantly,” Mr Jitender said.

 

“Allowing right turns slows down traffic movement significantly, hence the right turns will be closed down. People can take the left turns and U-turns,” he said.

 

[Balibabu]

good job

[athletics]

step in right direction but na observation prakaram.. some simple things to begin with

 

they should completely remove the electric poles and make it underground on all major roads thus paving the way for additional parking space and roads expansion

secondly traffic lights is a big joke, the  should have some thing big and clear like here than all lights hanging from a pole or a cable wire in the corner of a road

barricade all the road dividers like in Chennai so that pedistrains use zebra crossing or skyways (with the assumption they build them at all major intersections and corridors)

increase the fines for serial offenders

 

[alpachinao]

Wow excellent move