KOCHI: As part of smoothening the traffic in the city the police are planning to increase the number of traffic sectors in the city. The traffic which is currently divided into 12 sectors will be increased to 26.According to Assistant Commissioner (Traffic) V M Muhammad Rafique, increase in the number of traffic sectors would make traffic more effective as more regions can be covered. “There is an acute shortage of staff in the traffic police, increasing the number of traffic sectors will help ease the traffic congestion. Since traffic regulation will be put in place with the demolition of the North Overbridge, we will introduce additional sectors in the coming days. It is planned that two additional sectors Mattanchery and Tripunithura will be added with the newly started 12 sectors each under East and West Traffic traffic divisions in the city,” Muhammad Rafique said. The traffic sectors in the city will be larger compared to that on the outskirts of the city. Each sector will be headed by a sub-inspector. During the peak hours additional police personnel will be deployed. Police personnel will be deployed even during night time. More one side traffic will be implemented to ease the traffic during the peak period. More police personnel will be sought to make the traffic more effective.Muhammad Rafique said the traffic problem could be easily solved if people cooperated with the police.” The basic problem is that people don’t adhere to traffic laws. Most of the trouble is created by two-wheelers who never show a little patience to ease the traffic flow. If the police are not watching the two-wheelers will even ride through the footpaths. If people adhere to the traffic laws, the traffic problem can be automatically solved,” he added.
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