Cops for shifting of bus stands to city outskirts

MANGALURU: A caller during the phone-in programme of the city police on Friday suggested that the city police shift the service and city bus stands, located at State Bank, to the outskirts in order to ease traffic congestion in the city.
Sadashiv, the caller, said that the district administration, during a recent meeting convened by the Road Transport Authority, mooted facilitating one-way traffic towards and from Hamilton Circle (State Bank) to reduce traffic jam in the city. This, according to him, won’t serve the purpose.

In his response, city police commissioner T R Suresh said that police department also has the same view. “The goal can be achieved with cooperation from all departments concerned. Parking and footpath occupancy issues can also be resolved if the bus stands are shifted out,” he said.

A resident of Barke complained to Suresh about the seized vehicles that were getting rusted since several years at police station premises, thereby causing inconvenience to the public. Responding to this, Suresh said as most of the cases pertaining to these vehicles were in the court, the police department could not dispose them, and would want a direction from the judiciary to do so. He said despite space crunch in police stations, the department is compelled to protect the vehicles seized for various reasons. He said unclaimed vehicles would soon be auctioned to decongest police station premises. Because of space crunch, our personnel are inspecting vehicles and documents (in accident cases) on the spot, and without towing them to the station.

Another caller Sunita complained that the police had registered a criminal case against Group D workers of Government Wenlock Hospital who protested for wages. The police commissioner said the protest in the hospital premises caused inconvenience to patients. “Grievances must be registered at appropriate platforms. Our department will look into their problems if they bring the matter to us,” he added.