CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A meeting was concluded in the Circuit House auditorium under the chairmanship of Divisional Commissioner Dr. Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod to resolve the problems of increasing traffic jam and encroachment in Saharanpur city. Mayor Municipal Corporation Dr. Ajay Singh, MLA Saharanpur Rajiv Gumbar, District Magistrate Manish Bansal, Senior Superintendent of Police Saharanpur Rohit Singh Sajwan, Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Chauhan, Vice President Development Authority Santosh Kumar Rai, Divisional Transport Officer Saharanpur Devmani Bhartiya, City Magistrate Saharanpur Gajendra Kumar, SP Traffic Siddharth Verma, Sub-District Magistrate Sadar Yuvraj Singh, representatives of MLA Rampur Maniharan were present in the meeting. In the meeting, Divisional Commissioner Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod directed the Municipal Commissioner to ensure smooth operation of school buses so that children do not have to stay in traffic for long and for this the Municipal Corporation should prepare an action plan. He said that the Municipal Corporation should focus on Shriram Chowk, Bhagat Singh Chowk, Shaheed Chowk, Chowk Fabbara, Ghantaghar Chowk and Delhi Road. Dr. Hrishikesh Bhaskar Yashod directed the traffic police to prepare a route change action plan to remove the traffic burden from the main roads. In this work, the District Administration, Development Authority, Police Administration, Municipal Corporation, RTO departments should play their important role. The Municipal Commissioner informed that action will be taken to improve traffic jams in a phased manner by identifying the roads. In the first phase, action will be taken to remove temporary encroachment from the roads. Places will be identified in a planned manner for hoarders, vendors, sidewalk shopkeepers etc. Similarly, places will be marked for parking of e-rickshaws and auto rickshaws and their number will be determined as to how many e-rickshaws and auto rickshaws will be parked at which place.