The Pune police commissioner, Meeran Borwankar, has supported the metro rail project for the city as she feels it will reduce traffic congestion. She was speaking at the inauguration of the traffic help booth installed by the Pune police at the Swargate State Transport (ST) bus depot on Wednesday morning.
Borwankar said, “The population of the city is growing and the city is expanding every day, thereby increasing traffic congestion on the roads. The metro will help lessen the traffic congestion in the city.”
A press communique issued by the traffic police stated that while 12% area in a growing city should be reserved for roads, only 6% was available for roads in Pune.
According to the police, there were 11.52 lakh vehicles in the city in 2004. This figure increased to a whopping 26.09 lakh by March 2010. The police said that in 2010-11, 2.86 lakh new vehicles were registered, of which 2 lakh are two-wheelers and 86,000 are other vehicles.
Deputy commissioner of police (traffic), Manoj Patil, told DNA that the increase in number of vehicles in the city had led to traffic congestion.
Blaming the poor quality of the Pune Municipal Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) services for the traffic congestion in the city, Patil said, “The PMPML service is poor in the city, as a result of which people continue to buy new vehicles, which results in congestion.”
Borwankar said, “The population of the city is growing and the city is expanding every day, thereby increasing traffic congestion on the roads. The metro will help lessen the traffic congestion in the city.”
A press communique issued by the traffic police stated that while 12% area in a growing city should be reserved for roads, only 6% was available for roads in Pune.
According to the police, there were 11.52 lakh vehicles in the city in 2004. This figure increased to a whopping 26.09 lakh by March 2010. The police said that in 2010-11, 2.86 lakh new vehicles were registered, of which 2 lakh are two-wheelers and 86,000 are other vehicles.
Deputy commissioner of police (traffic), Manoj Patil, told DNA that the increase in number of vehicles in the city had led to traffic congestion.
Blaming the poor quality of the Pune Municipal Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML) services for the traffic congestion in the city, Patil said, “The PMPML service is poor in the city, as a result of which people continue to buy new vehicles, which results in congestion.”
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