Tight security cordon will be in place for Apr 25 tie
With chances of Mumbai Indians making it to the finals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) looking bright, the traffic wing of the Navi Mumbai police is gearing up to handle a lot of crowd and traffic on April 25, the day final match will be played at the DY Patil stadium in Nerul.
"If Mumbai Indians make it to the finals, we would definitely have a huge number of people coming here to witness the match. The bandobast and the security for the finals will be different from what we had during the other IPL matches. We will be reshuffling the staff. The deployment of police personnel for the final match will be more then. Special attention will be given to the parking system. The Amra Marg near the service road, which has so far not been used for parking will be put to use this time. Special spots have also been identified wherein more security will be provided. However, the decision on the security measures to be adopted for the final match will be taken soon," ACP (Traffic) Shrikant Dhivare said.
Additional force from State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) would also be pressed into service at the stadium during the match. Police personnel would be deployed at all the entry and exit points, apart from armed, unarmed personnel along with those in uniform and civil dress, at all the strategic points all over the stadium. Police officials will keep a tab on the situation with the help of close circuit television cameras installed all over the stadium, confirmed an official from traffic department.
We are preparing keeping in mind the huge traffic flow from Mumbai that would come to witness the show if Mumbai Indians make it to the finals.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
PIL against ban on two-wheelers on JJ Flyover
Trashing the traffic police for banning two-wheelers on the J J flyover, since April 1, a PIL was filed before the Bombay High Court today, seeking quashing of the order which is “depriving the twowheeler riders the benefit of saving precious travel time and fuel.” The police should keep a watch on errant motorists and ensure upkeep of the signboards and devices on the flyover to prevent accidents, the PIL says.
The petition filed by Salim Shaikh of the NGO Impact, through lawyer Mubin Solkar, says that until May 2001 - when the 2.4 km-long flyover was inaugurated - the congested Mohammad Ali Road replete with narrow lanes was notorious for its round-the-clock traffic. “Motorists would take almost 35-40 minutes to cover the stretch. The government found constructing the flyover to be the only solution to resolve the daily traffic snarls,” the petition states, adding that the flyover shrunk the 35 minute-travel time to five minutes even during peak hours.
Referring to the traffic police statistics of 31 fatal accidents having occurred in the last five years, 23 of which involved two-wheelers, the petition attributes it to several factors like rash driving by both two-wheeler and four-wheeler motorists, and also the police’s failure in safeguarding the flyover. The petition elaborates, “Instead of this ban, the police should initiate effective measures like reinstalling latest safety gadgetry like cat-eyes, speed regulators, highpowered reflectors, warning boards etc.” Calling the banning decision ‘wholly arbitrary, illegal and in violation of basic rights of two-wheeler riders’, the petition says that the police is only trying to use a short-cut to escape from its basic duty of ensuring accidentfree commuting on the flyover.
Solkar said, “ The police must undertake serious traffic safety measures and step up vigil to ensure all rules are followed. Also, like on Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the police here should install proper signboards, fresh cat-eyes, which get stolen from J J flyover and never get replaced. For instance, three cm-thick speed arresters are put in a zig-zag manner on the BWSL, while on J J flyover they are one cm-thick and are put in a straight line. Obviously, bikers cheat these arresters on J J, by maneouvring their way out.” The petition also points out that one of the drastic fallouts of the ban has been an increase in fuel consumption by motorists, as what consumed 62.5 ml of petrol for a flyover commute now takes around 500 ml of petrol to cover the same stretch below the flyover.
The petition filed by Salim Shaikh of the NGO Impact, through lawyer Mubin Solkar, says that until May 2001 - when the 2.4 km-long flyover was inaugurated - the congested Mohammad Ali Road replete with narrow lanes was notorious for its round-the-clock traffic. “Motorists would take almost 35-40 minutes to cover the stretch. The government found constructing the flyover to be the only solution to resolve the daily traffic snarls,” the petition states, adding that the flyover shrunk the 35 minute-travel time to five minutes even during peak hours.
Referring to the traffic police statistics of 31 fatal accidents having occurred in the last five years, 23 of which involved two-wheelers, the petition attributes it to several factors like rash driving by both two-wheeler and four-wheeler motorists, and also the police’s failure in safeguarding the flyover. The petition elaborates, “Instead of this ban, the police should initiate effective measures like reinstalling latest safety gadgetry like cat-eyes, speed regulators, highpowered reflectors, warning boards etc.” Calling the banning decision ‘wholly arbitrary, illegal and in violation of basic rights of two-wheeler riders’, the petition says that the police is only trying to use a short-cut to escape from its basic duty of ensuring accidentfree commuting on the flyover.
Solkar said, “ The police must undertake serious traffic safety measures and step up vigil to ensure all rules are followed. Also, like on Bandra-Worli Sea Link, the police here should install proper signboards, fresh cat-eyes, which get stolen from J J flyover and never get replaced. For instance, three cm-thick speed arresters are put in a zig-zag manner on the BWSL, while on J J flyover they are one cm-thick and are put in a straight line. Obviously, bikers cheat these arresters on J J, by maneouvring their way out.” The petition also points out that one of the drastic fallouts of the ban has been an increase in fuel consumption by motorists, as what consumed 62.5 ml of petrol for a flyover commute now takes around 500 ml of petrol to cover the same stretch below the flyover.
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