Residents pour out woes on traffic issues to Chennai cops
CHENNAI: Besant Nagar resident Sivagami had a problem. Scores of bikes and cars were parked in front of her residence and those of her neighbours near the famous Elliot's beach almost through the day and they couldn't do a thing.
On Saturday, the 60-year-old and a few of her neighbours went to Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore , where a team led by South Chennai joint commissioner of police (traffic) K Ejilearassane was hearing grievances, and poured out their woes.
"The owners of cars and bikes parked in front of our houses speak rudely when we tell them to move away," Sivagami said.
While Boobalan of Taylors Road in Kilpauk, sore that people coming to the school nearby parked their cars and bikes in front of his house, suggested that vehicular movement be restricted on the stretch during peak hours, a team of lawyers and residents wanted the gap in the median in front of Bata showroom on Wallajah Road closed to allow smooth flow of traffic.
There was a strange request too. A group of 12 share-autorickshaw drivers led by Baskaran wanted law enforcers to fine them 100 instead of 500, saying they were forced to park in a double row in front of Loyola College in Nungambakkam because Tata Ace drivers took up the main slot. Ejilearassane turned down their plea. A similar event was held at Ambattur where north Chennai joint commissioner of police (traffic) M V Jaya Gowri heard the woes of about 300 petitioners.
While Boobalan of Taylors Road in Kilpauk, sore that people coming to the school nearby parked their cars and bikes in front of his house, suggested that vehicular movement be restricted on the stretch during peak hours, a team of lawyers and residents wanted the gap in the median in front of Bata showroom on Wallajah Road closed to allow smooth flow of traffic.
There was a strange request too. A group of 12 share-autorickshaw drivers led by Baskaran wanted law enforcers to fine them 100 instead of 500, saying they were forced to park in a double row in front of Loyola College in Nungambakkam because Tata Ace drivers took up the main slot. Ejilearassane turned down their plea. A similar event was held at Ambattur where north Chennai joint commissioner of police (traffic) M V Jaya Gowri heard the woes of about 300 petitioners.
Police commissioner A K Viswanathan, who inaugurated the events, thanked the petitioners for the response, but said they should come to the grievance meeting only if complaints submitted to the jurisdictional station went unheeded. Next Saturday, he said, a similar meeting will be held for petitons related to law & order and crime .
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