PUNE: Hawkers, badly parked vehicles and smart footpath paintings — the recipe for traffic snarls at the perennially busy Fergusson College Road.
The scenario at the busy stretch, already bad for the reason that carriageway of width was once decreased to allow paintings at the footpath (as in line with Urban Street Guidelines), has been made worse by way of unlawful hawkers and unlawful parking.
At lengthy stretches, the street has been dug up on each side, forcing the vehicles to a move slowly. The once-four-lane street was once decreased to 2 lanes. It has now develop into a one-lane thoroughfare with vehicles, especially four-wheelers getting parked at the street.
At the same time, a big phase of the footpath is occupied by way of the hawkers, forcing pedestrians to stroll at the carriageway.
In all, vehicular movement at the street has been badly affected for the previous month, especially all through the height hours.
“I believe it’s develop into unsafe to go back and forth at the street. I've already stopped bringing my scooter to the shop,” Arvind Chheda, a neighborhood dealer, stated.
Chheda stated it's the duty of Pune Municipal Corporation to supply automobile parking space for four-wheelers.
Two-wheelers had been meant to be parked at the right side of FC Road, whilst four-wheelers are to be parked at the left. However, four-wheelers are double- and triple-parked if there’s no space available.
Sachin Patil, who makes use of the street continuously, stated, “Why are police and civic government now not taking action towards the ones parking their vehicles consistent with their whim and fancy?”
“The government must take a stroll at the street, especially within the night time hours. I will guess that they will now not have the ability to use the footpath between Roopali restaurant and Good Luck Chowk. So many hawkers occupy the footpath illegally,” Patil stated.
However, police stated they've been taking action towards unlawful hawkers. “In the previous seven days, we've filed as many as 10 cases towards hawkers encroaching upon the footpath. We have also issued a caution to many hawkers and seized their items, which they'd promote it. The action will continue,” senior inspector Deepak Lagad of the Deccan Gymkhana police station instructed TOI.
Deputy commissioner of police (Traffic) Pankaj Deshmukh stated the traffic police have analysed the problems on FC Road and that police body of workers will quickly take steps to beef up the situation.
The scenario at the busy stretch, already bad for the reason that carriageway of width was once decreased to allow paintings at the footpath (as in line with Urban Street Guidelines), has been made worse by way of unlawful hawkers and unlawful parking.
At lengthy stretches, the street has been dug up on each side, forcing the vehicles to a move slowly. The once-four-lane street was once decreased to 2 lanes. It has now develop into a one-lane thoroughfare with vehicles, especially four-wheelers getting parked at the street.
At the same time, a big phase of the footpath is occupied by way of the hawkers, forcing pedestrians to stroll at the carriageway.
In all, vehicular movement at the street has been badly affected for the previous month, especially all through the height hours.
“I believe it’s develop into unsafe to go back and forth at the street. I've already stopped bringing my scooter to the shop,” Arvind Chheda, a neighborhood dealer, stated.
Chheda stated it's the duty of Pune Municipal Corporation to supply automobile parking space for four-wheelers.
Two-wheelers had been meant to be parked at the right side of FC Road, whilst four-wheelers are to be parked at the left. However, four-wheelers are double- and triple-parked if there’s no space available.
Sachin Patil, who makes use of the street continuously, stated, “Why are police and civic government now not taking action towards the ones parking their vehicles consistent with their whim and fancy?”
“The government must take a stroll at the street, especially within the night time hours. I will guess that they will now not have the ability to use the footpath between Roopali restaurant and Good Luck Chowk. So many hawkers occupy the footpath illegally,” Patil stated.
However, police stated they've been taking action towards unlawful hawkers. “In the previous seven days, we've filed as many as 10 cases towards hawkers encroaching upon the footpath. We have also issued a caution to many hawkers and seized their items, which they'd promote it. The action will continue,” senior inspector Deepak Lagad of the Deccan Gymkhana police station instructed TOI.
Deputy commissioner of police (Traffic) Pankaj Deshmukh stated the traffic police have analysed the problems on FC Road and that police body of workers will quickly take steps to beef up the situation.
Errant parking on FC Road sparks congestion
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