Good Life Traffic Solutions
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tsubba - 18 December, 2007
| Traffic
| Bangalore
| BTRAC
Good Life Traffic Solutions(GLTS) is a voluntary non profit
organization that works with traffic police and other authorities to
improve traffic conditions in Bangalore.
Volunteers Help
Solve Traffic Problems
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
On Sunday, residents of Marathahalli and Whitefield will see
youths dressed in blue jeans and white T-shirts correcting the medians,
removing stones and garbage and appreciating the efforts of the traffic
cops and Home Guards.
Two Sundays ago, they did this
on Hosur Road, Bannerghatta Road,
Trinity Circle and Intermediate Ring Road. These
volunteers of Good
Life Traffic Solutions (GLTS) have a singular
vision — eliminate
traffic woes in Bangalore.
These young professionals and
students believe their effort will help
Bangaloreans. They don’t depend on the authorities to fund their
efforts and have pooled in Rs 8,000 to take care of expenses.
On Hosur Road, the volunteers cleared garbage near Army School and
later removed unwanted stones,
corrected medians and median blockers
which had been scattered. They fixed
medians, realigned them
and filled
in missing sections. On Bannerghatta Road, they removed big slabs of
stones on the road and covered
two gaps created in the median by
twowheeler riders. They covered it using extra slabs. They did similar
work on Intermediate Ring Road, Trinity Circle, CMH Road and
Indiranagar 100 Feet Road.
“Our objective is to reduce
traffic congestion and ensure smooth flow
of vehicles on the road. We aim at making Bangalore a commuterfriendly
city,” said Suraj Singh G of GLTS. They have several plans for this.
Fill potholes on all busy roads;
provide a website with road maps,
alternative routes, live feed updates about traffic density; give a
toll-free number to help stranded commuters; help maintain lane
discipline at busy places like temples, schools, hospitals, and provide
Home Guards controlling traffic with appropriate accessories like
gloves, jackets, boots, etc.
The toll-free number is to provide services like immediate evacuation,
mechanical assistance, first aid and route guidance to a stranded
commuter who is lost or late for work, in the event of broken down
vehicle or health-related emergencies on the road.
City additional commissioner
(traffic and security) K C Ramamurthy is
all praise for their efforts. He said he’d extend all possible help to
honour their work and agreed to train them to help traffic policemen at
traffic jams.
Want
To Volunteer?
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COMMENTS
blrsri -
19 December, 2007 - 10:47
I came up with a similar article of happenings in Ghaziabad.
"..contractors being paid after finishing long-delayed construction projects write the municipality a check for the 15 percent bribe that once would have gone to corrupt city officials. The money, for which the contractors now receive a city receipt, goes to install sewers, roads and lighting in the city's slums.."
"..Each morning, Pandey comes to work 10 minutes early to sweep his own office, part of a campaign to persuade all the city's residents to spend 10 minutes each day cleaning up the often trash-littered streets around their own homes..."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/services/newspaper/printedition/thursday/chi-bribery_goeringnov22,0,3919821.story
If the current Addl Commr(Police), Traffic, has appreciated their efforts, perhaps this lot could pursue the suggestion made by me in the matter at:
http://bangalore.praja.in/blog/silkboard/2007/12/18/how-do-you-react#comment-1322
Muralidhar Rao
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