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Mangaluru: Police phone-in - Callers complain about parking, traffic issues

  •   Fri, Jun 22 2018 06:50:33 PM

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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Jun 22: Complaints about parking and traffic chaos in the city dominated the 80th phone-in programme at the police commissioner’s office here on Friday, June 22.

Responding to a complainant from PVS about the illegal parking on PVS-Bunts Hostel stretch leading to traffic chaos, DCP law and order Hanumantharaya said, "We are imposing fines on those who park their vehicles on 'no parking' spots. As of now, we are in need of a towing vehicle. The tender for the same is under process."


A caller from Shivbagh complained about a hotel located in the are, saying that customers visiting the hotel park their cars on either side sof the narrow road which creates inconvenience to others vehicles. DCP Hanumantharaya assured strict action against the same.

A caller from Kulai complained about non-functional signal lights at Honnakatte. The DCP replied, "Due to heavy rain there was a short circuit damaging the signal lights. The spare parts have to arrive from Hyderabad and hence the delay in fixing the same."

While a caller from Kudupu complained about bus route numbers 3 and 15 which do not ply from Mallikatte and also complained about shrill horns and high footboard, another from Pumpwell complained about buses moving before passengers can board the buses.

A caller from Hampankatta also complained about a large number of college students smoking at shops in the city creating inconvenience to pedestrians.

A person from Padil requested to deploy a traffic police at Padil junction as it has turned out to be an accident prone area. ACP Manjunath Shetty said, "Padil is a regular point for traffic police and they will be available there all the time."

A Yekkur resident suggested installing a speed breaker near Kendriya Vidyalaya as vehicles approach at high speed which pose danger and lead to accidents in the area. DCP Hanumantharaya said, "Our police personnel will visit the place and check whether speed=breakers are required or not in the region as it is a highway.”

A caller from Kaikamba complained about bus route number 22 not halting in some areas and ignoring passengers.

A person from Mallikatte spoke about filing FIR for creating noise pollution due to usage of loud speakers as per the Environmental Protection Act 2014. DCP Hanumantharaya said, "The EP Act is much more revised and clearly mentions about decibels to be used during commercial programmes or residential programmes. From 10 pm to 6 am, playing loud speaker has been prohibited and if violation is found, we will definitely stop it and take action against them as per Karnataka Police Act Sec 15."

DCP Hanumantharaya also mentioned about KSP (Karnataka State Police) app which was officially launched on Friday, June 22 in Bengaluru and urged people to make use of its service. The app is available on PlayStore.

As many as 22 calls were received during the programme.

The phone in programme is held every Friday from 10 am to 11 am, during which callers may call on 0824-2220530 or 0824-2220201 to directly express their grievances to the police commissioner.
  

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  • Melroy C.F.Fernandes, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 23 2018

    As far as traffic is concerned, the role of the police is limited only to regulation of traffic. The traffic problems exist because of poor planning and construction of roads with very little thought for the future , for accident prevention, for pedestrians and due to the high rate of registration of new vehicles everyday. The police have no hand/expertise in the town-planning or registration of vehicles. MLA’s & MP’s who want to take credit, by erecting huge repulsive banners containing their photos(using public money) for what is not their due; never come forward to share the blame- at the blame stage , they wash –off their dirty hands by pointing fingers to the engineers. I have never seen any banners erected to the engineers when these MLA’s & MP’s do inaugurations!

    Citizens should use this programme as an opportunity to bring to the attention of the senior management defects in the system which can only be rectified by them and not the lower management; rather than degrading the Commissioner’s phone-in programme to a complaint service for which one may make a complaint to 100 or the local PS or the appropriate authority. It is necessary for citizens to use proper channels of grievance redressal step-by –step and only once that fails they should approach the top management.

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  • Melroy C.F.Fernandes, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 23 2018

    The phone-in programme is one of the best reforms that has happened with any of the govt. bodies in Mangalore. I give credit to Shri Chandrashekar(former CP) , Shri Patil & Shri Shantaraju(former DCP’s ) of the MCP for starting it and Shri Suresh and Shri Hanumantharaya (current incumbent CP & DCP respectively) for continuing it.

    This programme complies with s.4(b) (vii) of the RTI Act(although I feel it was started as a reformative management measure rather than to comply with any prevalent law, hence it is a huge leap forward).

    This programme is particularly useful to citizens(like me) who live far away and have to spend travel-time of 3 - 4 hrs and Rs.100-200/- just to visit a govt. office to meet its higher officials for just 5 mins! (waiting time and meeting time not included in the travel time). So all in all, a citizen has to take the entire day off just to meet a govt. official. Besides, most of the time -after travelling all the way- one finds that the official cannot be met because he/she is busy in meetings or on field visit or out-of –station or in court etc. etc.

    Yes, it is true that not all of the deficiencies brought to the attention of the officials during the phone-in programme will be solved but that would have been just the same even if one had visited personally.

    I have been interacting with the top-management using this phone-in programme. I have found all of them to be open-minded & committed. They have patiently heard me for 3-5 mins and they have acted on some of the deficiencies I have pointed out. Even the little progress we have made toward change would never have been possible without this programme.

    As such I am satisfied with the phone-in programme and hope that the CP does not stop it.

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 22 2018

    Roads are same.
    Vehicles have increased three-fold.
    This situation can never be solved unless public transportation improves.
    Reduce number of private vehicles bieng registered.

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  • Bala K, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 22 2018

    About parking on PVS to Buntshostel road I ask where is the parking place?Each of the buildings covered their parking where the people have to park let the complainant clarify.

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  • Eric Coelho, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 22 2018

    The parking and traffic issues will never get solved for next 50 years and even more. Mark my words. The city is totally congested due to bad infrastructure.

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  • Akash salian, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 22 2018

    Every week there is phone in programme, but end what is the use? Any changes happened, never.now in Mangalore police department also giving fake promises like politicians. Mangalore need action, not the fake promises sitting inside the ac room.

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