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| 'Multiplicity of agencies causing traffic snarls in JK': Drabu | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 17: Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu today blamed multiplicity of agencies as one of the causes for traffic mismanagement and called for a comprehensive policy to address the problem in the state.
"We need to formulate a comprehensive policy to manage traffic problems in urban and rural areas of the state. Multiplicity of agencies involved in management of transport sector is one of the causes of traffic mismanagement," Drabu said while addressing the inaugural session of a seminar on "Traffic Management" at SKICC here. The seminar was organised by Institute of Studies, Learning and Analysis (ISLA), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) promoted by state police, to discuss and deliberate on the upsurge in the vehicular traffic and chalk out a strategy to deal with the challenge of frequent traffic snarls especially in the capital cities of Srinagar and Jammu. Drabu said the two major factors responsible for the traffic mess are huge traffic interaction from rural areas with the cities and multiplicity of agencies responsible for management of transport infrastructure in the state. To cope with these issues, the minister stressed the need for developing adequate infrastructure in key sectors like education and health in the rural areas so that people from the countryside do not have to visit the urban centres for such facilities. "This will go a long way in minimising the traffic interaction from rural areas with the city centres," he said.
To deal with the issue of traffic congestion in the urban centres, Drabu said a comprehensive policy needs to be formulated so that the role of multiple agencies in transport sector is done away.
"The multiplicity of agencies has led to ineffective transport management in the state," he said.
Member Parliament and ruling PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said the uncontrolled growth in vehicular population was leading to traffic congestion on roads, besides increasing environmental pollution. She further stressed the need for developinginfrastructure and managing the existing traffic scenario by employing technological advancements.
"Cooperation from all stakeholders on the subject is imperative to bring improvement in traffic management," she said and appreciated ISLA for organising the seminars aimed at improving traffic management in the state.
"Maintenance of transport infrastructure is responsibility of many agencies which include housing and Urban Development Department, Roads and Buildings, Srinagar Municipal Corporation, Srinagar Development Authority, Lakes and Waterways Development Authority and Transport Department, besides many other private and government organisations are acting as support agencies.
"However, traffic regulation is the sole responsibility of traffic police," he added.
Kumar expressed the hope that the seminar would come up with strategies to deal with the issues related to better traffic management in the state. "Police is trying to engage all the stakeholders including those from the government, transporters, shopkeepers, tourist traders, street vendors as the conduct and behaviour of each stakeholder impacts the regulation of traffic and the road space available for the movement of traffic," he said. |
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