Hoardings put up for traffic awareness

NAGPUR: With regulation and other drives failing to reap results, city traffic police have turned the creative way to educate drivers about traffic rules. The department has decided to install hoardings at almost 86 major junctions in city to grab attention of drivers.
On Wednesday, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) which had earlier opposed the idea has now given green signal to install such hoardings at visible place near junctions.Thus, from Thursday onwards hoardings will be put up on all major junctions, DCP (Traffic) Jeevraj Dabhade informed.
Unlike previous years when more thrust was laid on creating awareness on traffic front, this time DCP (traffic) Jeevraj Dabhade has decided to convert the squares as a junction to provide information on various traffic related rules, regulations as well as accidents.
It's an attempt to educate four wheeler drivers, bikers and even pedestrians at a junction with help of hoardings with colourful photographs pertaining to mishap sites, traffic violations, hurdles for free flow of traffic and several other traffic related issues. Similarly, the traffic police will also distribute stickers and pamphlets to spread traffic awareness at the squares.
All of the 86 major squares including RBI square, GPO square, Variety square, Zansi Rani square, Munje square, Rahate colony square, Chatrapati square, Shankar Nagar square, LIC square, Manewada square, Tukdoji Putala square, Sakkardara square, Pagalkhana square etc will have size 3x6 hoardings which will display number of accidents and even cases booked by cops for violation of traffic laws.
The traffic police plans to put up more such hoardings in other areas of the city, like educational institutions, tuition classes, shopping malls, gardens, restaurants and bars etc. "We will start with major junctions because they are most likely locations for drivers to get a few minutes to read the norms and follow it, Dabhade informed.
Senior PI (Traffic) Avinash More informed that during a special drive launched by traffic cops this month almost 1,102 people were booked for signal jumping, while almost 2,151 were booked for crossing stop line on the junction.