Shimla: Shimla Police have come up with a new strategy to handle the hill station’s burgeoning traffic — ‘SITRAM’, or what is an abbreviation of (Shimla City Traffic Regulation and Management Plan.
The goal of SITRAM is to maintain smooth flow of traffic, prevent accidents, help motorists in distress, ensure law and order, and achieve the target of zero tolerance with firmness but politeness to gain the confidence and support of the community with smart, effective and efficient traffic management for a smart city, according to Shimla SP Mohit Chawla.
He said SITRAM incorporated planning, designing, adopting and implementing integrated, holistic, comprehensive, futuristic traffic management and regulation strategies and systems in ensuring smooth flow of traffic in Shimla city.
He said to regulate traffic in the night hours, a night response team had already been constituted that will perform night patrolling duty from 11pm to 6am.
He said this team will keep a watch on persons and vehicles roaming unnecessarily during late hours.
He said the city had been divided into eight sectors for better management. He said Shimla Police had prepared new traffic regulation plan under which area of 50 metres towards Dhalli and whole area towards Sanjauli Chowk from Dhalli Tunnel could be declared as no parking zone.
He said in Sector 1, buses for will depart from and terminate near Auckland Bridge, while 16 vehicles of patients (two hours parking only) and six taxis at parking site near Indira Gandhi Medical College nallah will be permitted.
He said there would be a no-parking zone between on Circular Road till Sanjaulli Dhalli bypass bifurcation.