Secunderabad: On 25.10.2022 various colony associations, representatives of the neighborhoods located around the cantonment area of Secunderabad met the City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand and apprised him about the plight of the commuters being faced on the closure of various roads by the Cantonment Board and sought his intervention.
CP Mr. CV.Anand along with Jt. CP traffic and zonal DCPs of central & north zone analyzed the impact of the road closures on general public and discussed ways of solving the issue both for the army surrounding neighborhoods and commuters using the roads.
Since the closure has direct implications on around 10-12 percent of the city population, the city police chief opined that views of all stakeholders should be deliberated to find a solution to the ongoing tussle over the closure of roads public convenience is of paramount importance he said.
Based on the representations from many commuters and the associations who flagged the detours and inconvenience due to restrictions and closure in the cantonment area, which is spread over a large part of the northern side of the city – the HTP aims at streamlining traffic issues and plans to jointly review along with army officials whether the roads can be opened for civil traffic.
The order issued by MOD in 2018, the exercise of authority/powers on opening & closure of roads, various judgments, recent notification by cantonment board and other legal issues were as it is HCPs duty to manage traffic and supervise security in the city. And other issues were discussed.
The city police contemplate to hold a meeting with the local military authorities (LMA), Cantonment & defense officials first and all stake holders to come to an understanding.
Mr. AV. Ranganath IPS Jt. CP Traffic, Mrs. Chandana Deepti IPS DCP NZ, Mr. N. Prakash Reddy IPS DCP Traffic attended the meeting.
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Bharat Reddy
Telangana
