Rourkela grapples with parking points throughout festive season

By Express News Service

ROURKELA: Overnight restriction on entry of autos to the principle highway of Rourkela with out different parking preparations has been inflicting inconvenience to motorists throughout the ongoing festive season within the metropolis. Blame it on years of inaction of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) that the automobile parking concern has solely aggravated from unhealthy to worse.

On high of it, the civic physique has by no means bothered to make sure compliance of parking norms by industrial constructing homeowners and institutions. This aside, no steps have been taken to free the 9 connecting roads from encroachments to assist diversion of vehicular site visitors from the principle highway to the parallel Mahtab Road.  
Sources stated store homeowners and locals have been resenting joint enforcement with imposition of hefty wonderful by the RMC and site visitors police. People are additionally protesting ban on entry of three-wheelers and four-wheelers to the principle highway the place most retail and wholesale institutions are situated. Only two-wheelers are allowed to ply on the highway. 

Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Subrata Patnaik stated after a number of rounds of assembly with the police and RMC authorities, entry of three-wheelers and four-wheelers to the highway was allowed from 5 pm to 10 pm. He stated the administration has miserably didn’t create different parking preparations and site visitors diversions and the draconian determination was abruptly taken to punish the hapless commuters. 

Sources stated the one-way site visitors on the stretch of the principle highway from Bisra Square to Ambedkar Square at Uditnagar continues to face site visitors snarls. The state of affairs is worse on the stretch from Bisra Square to Mangal Bhawan. 

Rourkela SP Mukesh Ok Bhamoo stated joint enforcement personnel have been requested to be delicate in the direction of the issues of commuters. He stated four-wheelers carrying senior residents are being allowed on the principle highway whereas industrial buildings have been requested to not park their very own or staff’ autos on the highway to create extra space.

Police stated absence of different parking preparations and unplanned execution of the continuing beautification and pavement works throughout the festive season have been creating hassle in site visitors administration. 
 

ROURKELA: Overnight restriction on entry of autos to the principle highway of Rourkela with out different parking preparations has been inflicting inconvenience to motorists throughout the ongoing festive season within the metropolis. Blame it on years of inaction of Rourkela Municipal Corporation (RMC) that the automobile parking concern has solely aggravated from unhealthy to worse.

On high of it, the civic physique has by no means bothered to make sure compliance of parking norms by industrial constructing homeowners and institutions. This aside, no steps have been taken to free the 9 connecting roads from encroachments to assist diversion of vehicular site visitors from the principle highway to the parallel Mahtab Road.  
Sources stated store homeowners and locals have been resenting joint enforcement with imposition of hefty wonderful by the RMC and site visitors police. People are additionally protesting ban on entry of three-wheelers and four-wheelers to the principle highway the place most retail and wholesale institutions are situated. Only two-wheelers are allowed to ply on the highway. 

Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Subrata Patnaik stated after a number of rounds of assembly with the police and RMC authorities, entry of three-wheelers and four-wheelers to the highway was allowed from 5 pm to 10 pm. He stated the administration has miserably didn’t create different parking preparations and site visitors diversions and the draconian determination was abruptly taken to punish the hapless commuters. 

Sources stated the one-way site visitors on the stretch of the principle highway from Bisra Square to Ambedkar Square at Uditnagar continues to face site visitors snarls. The state of affairs is worse on the stretch from Bisra Square to Mangal Bhawan. 

Rourkela SP Mukesh Ok Bhamoo stated joint enforcement personnel have been requested to be delicate in the direction of the issues of commuters. He stated four-wheelers carrying senior residents are being allowed on the principle highway whereas industrial buildings have been requested to not park their very own or staff’ autos on the highway to create extra space.

Police stated absence of different parking preparations and unplanned execution of the continuing beautification and pavement works throughout the festive season have been creating hassle in site visitors administration.