Shillong, Sept 23: The site visitors congestion in Meghalaya’s “unplanned” state capital is because of scarcity of site visitors police personnel, poor infrastructure and automobile overload.
The state capital’s slender roads are bursting at its seams with site visitors and due to this fact the State Planning Board (SPB) convened a gathering on Monday to search out methods to ease site visitors congestion.
SPB Chairman, Metbah Lyngdoh briefed the media after the assembly, and stated among the important causes of site visitors congestion have been recognized and mentioned.
He stated: “Shillong is an unplanned metropolis, little question about it. In 2018, I advised to the earlier authorities to develop a deliberate new metropolis. The federal government has taken steps in that course, however for now, we have to deal with the present scenario in Shillong.”
One of many different triggers for the congestion is the acute scarcity of site visitors police personnel to man the roads. Lyngdoh knowledgeable that the police division has a scarcity of site visitors personnel, with solely 150 assigned constables for all seven police stations within the state capital.
“That is insufficient. It was adequate when there have been solely two or three police stations, however not with seven police stations now,” Lyngdoh stated, including the town depends on over 400 house guards.
“Site visitors regulation is primarily the accountability of the police, and extra constables are urgently wanted. The Board intends to suggest that the federal government deal with this scarcity,” Lyngdoh stated.
On the street infrastructure and automobile overload within the state capital, which is one other space of concern, Lyngdoh stated, there’s an imbalance between the variety of roads and automobiles in Shillong.
“Within the subsequent assembly, we could have an in depth presentation from the PWD in regards to the metropolis’s infrastructure. Professional members of the Board will assessment the present and deliberate tasks to make knowledgeable suggestions,” he knowledgeable.
He nonetheless, lauded the City Affairs division’s implementation of the Sustainable Transport and Environment friendly Mobility Society. Beneath the scheme, faculties buses have been offered by the federal government for college college students.
“As a substitute of 12 or 13 vehicles, we now have one bus for transporting college students. That mannequin appears to be working effectively,” Lyngdoh famous.
When requested in regards to the authorities’s dedication to motion somewhat than simply dialogue, Lyngdoh clarified in regards to the Board’s position.
“The job of the SPB is to suggest and counsel what must be completed. It’s now as much as the federal government to implement, approve, or take motion on these suggestions,” the SPB Chairman stated.
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