Lack of road discipline causing traffic nightmare in Imphal
Thomas Ngangom30 Dec 2022
Traffic violators are often fined, but commuters continue to violate traffic rules and their number is increasing in Imphal city.
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Traffic violators are often fined, but commuters continue to violate traffic rules and their number is increasing in Imphal city.
IFP Editorial: Roadside parking should be banned not only in the commercial zones, but in residential areas also. In many parts of Imphal, one will find vehicles parked in the main roads and leikai roads.
IFP Editorial: Roadside parking should be banned not only in the commercial zones, but in residential areas also. In many parts of Imphal, one will find vehicles parked in the main roads and leikai roads.
IFP Editorial: Whatever measures are being taken up or training given, those in charge of traffic needs to shed the security mindset first and become imaginative. As Imphal is at the threshold of becoming a Smart City, one needs to be imaginative and innovative even in terms of managing traffic.
Some of the traffic signals in Imphal city were not installed properly and hence, commuters prefer the manual system of managing the traffic by the police personnel.
A huge congregation of Bol-bam devotees disrupted the traffic flow along National Highway-2 on Monday.
The problem of traffic congestion persists in Manipur’s capital city despite the notification issued by the Public Works Department (PWD) against unauthorised constructions and structures, including extension of shops on footpaths and roadsides.
The Public Works Department (PWD) has notified the public in Imphal City to remove all encroached structures and stacked materials by July 6.
IFP Editorial: Roadside parking should be banned not only in the commercial zones, but in residential areas also.
All the vehicles of shop owners, officials of financial institutions or any kind of establishments and residents of Paona Bazaar are to park their respective vehicles at the ‘western road side, behind Johnstone Higher Secondary School’ from 5 am to 7 pm with immediate effect, as per an order issued by assistant municipal commissioner, Imphal Municipal Corporation Ksh Gyanendra Singh on Wednesday.
To ease traffic congestion along the stretch of Thangal Bazar, the state government built the Naga Nullah Public Parking facility. It was inaugurated on January 26, 2020. But it appears that officials concerned have, so far, failed to prevent misuse and ensure proper utilisation of the parking facility for the public
Lack of cooperation by the commuters with the traffic police is also the main factor of traffic congestion and unwanted incidents on the roads, said SP Ajitkumar.