Berhampur Municipal Corporation has finally woken up to the problem of traffic congestion and encroachment of pavements by traders for commercial use. In the fourth phase of anti- encroachment drive the City Corporation removed illegal constructions and hoardings in the presence of senior officials of the local body, district administration and police force. The present drive is aimed at constructing pavements and parking space for vehicles and de-congesting the City roads. The drive passed off peacefully in most of the areas like Khallikote College Road, Town Hall, PVN Rao, Barracks, Annapurna Market, UB Road, SNT Road, Girija Junction, Ram Lingam Tank Road but it faced some resistance in Old Bus Stand area and Aska Road where people raised slogans demanding proper rehabilitation and alternative arrangement. In some parts of the city like Bhapur Bazar and One-way Traffic Road people were seen voluntarily removing the encroachments. While welcoming the anti- encroachment drive carried out by the Municipal Corporation, senior citizens of the city demanded special vending zones for the evicted traders and to expedite the ring road and NH-217 bye-pass projects to de-congest the city. Further, they also appealed the authorities to make alternative arrangements for the hundreds of slum-dwellers who have been recently evicted. As per official records the number of slums in Berhampur city is around 103 where more than two lakh city residents live Presently Berhampur city is dealing with huge influx of migrant population from the adjoining districts of south Orissa and north Andhra and most of these migrants find an easy living in the city pavements by taking up petty business. The City Corporation is carrying out the anti-encroaching drive for the last couple of months to give a face-lift to the historic Berhampur city and has started building vending zones to rehabilitate the traders whose livelihood has been affected due to this drive. Recently the local body has also initiated a massive slum development programme under the IHSDP scheme sponsored by the Central Government with an investment of over Rs 35 crore.
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it is a good process to decrease the traffic problem in BMC, but still there is several problems for traffic.
ReplyDeletedomestic animals like cow's are freely move in the road that causes the traffic problem and the other problem is peoples in BMC park their bikes, cycle anywhere. so for solve the traffic problem BMC has to setup a permanent parking area with the help of BDA in every market area.
thank u
Berhampur's traffic problem will be much eased if we ban cycle rickshaws on the road and put all the cows and buffaloes, if found blocking the road, in animal house (kanjiahuda. It is high time that shared autorickshaws and town buses be introduced on city roads after banning cycle rickshaws. May be as a resettlement plan, all the cycle rickshaw owners should be given a interest free loan to buy autorickshaws.
ReplyDeletePrabhash N. Rath