Green Signal for Traffic lights turning red

 Green Signal for Traffic lights turning red to the masses

Jammu Soon to have functioning traffic light system: SSP Traffic

Yash Khajuria
Jammu, February 27:

Jammu and Kashmir has seen a phenomenal growth in the number of vehicles in the state without a proportionate increase in the road length and infrastructure, Due to the rapid increase in the number of vehicles without a proportionate increase in the road length and infrastructure, traffic congestion on roads in Jammu has become a routine.

Around, 65,000 vehicles are being added to the vehicle population annually in the state, resulting the same Jammu has reached to 574 vehicles per kilometer traffic density. While vehicular population in Jammu city stood at 4, 04,400 excluding vehicles belonging to security forces and tourists entering the city.

Bothered by the menace, and to reduce the vehicular congestions in Jammu, The traffic police Department (J&K) has put several proposal towards the authorities and they got the big achievement when the Years of wait finally came to an end for commuters in the state the Traffic Police Department installed traffic lights to restore some sanity on the chaotic roads of Jammu and Srinagar ‘the twin capital cities’. 

The traffic department installed the first traffic signal at the two main Junctions in the city one at the entrance of City ‘Satwari Chowk’ and other at the heart of the city ‘Bikram Chowk’ but the paralyzed functioning of the installed traffic lights has annoyed the commuters also.

“With the red light out there vehicle rush across it and the others who were following the signal become the ultimate source of congestions in the roads that too in the early hours when we have a rush to reach office” said a Local, Narinder Sharma.

New lights are frequently placed at chowks leading to national highway roads feeding new developments, but they cause queues and are creating knock-on congestion. The lights have been installed at the pedestrian crossings which cause an ultimate puzzle both for the Vehicular traffic and the pedestrians, since they have to move by foot on the crossings and with the Traffic jams they face more trouble, said Bharti Sharma University Scholar.

Notwithstanding to the above Senior citizen Amarnath Sharma has welcomed the project as he said, Comparatively the road length in Jammu city is just 704.22 km and the density of vehicles stands at 574 per km. than Srinagar, which is somewhat better off, with a road length of 1,263 km. “It is a free-for-all on roads in Jammu, as mini-bus, auto-rickshaws and two-wheelers jostle for space and often indulge in rash driving. You never know from where you are going to get hit,” he added.

On the Issue of irregular functioning of Traffic lights talking exclusively with ‘TOJ’ Manmohan singh, SSP Traffic Jammu has said, we have installed these lights in the winter capital of the state on “experimental basis” for one month to conduct technical analysis that which bidder provides the better service.
“We have asked the lowest competitor bidders to install the traffic lights at Satwari Chowk and Bikram Chowk on experimental basis so that technical analysis can be conducted. After the period of demonstration we will see the bidder who meets our specifications".
The official added that it is going to being phase practice, in first phase we considering 30 points for the installation of traffic signals in Jammu city.
 “Once the process is completed, it will reduce the pressure on around 1,000 traffic personnel deputed in the state, as vehicular traffic has assumed alarming proportions in the state.