New traffic Signal in Nagpur
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has established a dedicated Urban Transport Fund of Rs 25 crore on the directions of Urban Development Department of Central Government. NMC will install new traffic signals and construct foot over bridges.
Central Government has sanctioned funds for purchasing 300 buses under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The Central Government has released the first instalment for purchasing buses. Meanwhile, Central Government has directed all mission cities to set up dedicated Urban Transport Fund (UTF) at city level in accordance with which Municipal Commissioner Aseem Gupta also proposed the same in his budget presented to the Standing Committee. Now, Standing Committee will take decision on his proposal.
The fund will generate income of Rs 4.5 crore from Motor Vehicle tax, Rs 10,000 from accident claims, Rs 75 lakh from Pay and Park scheme and Bicycle Stands, Rs 20,000 from rickshaw tax, Rs 10 lakh from encroachment removal, Rs 10 crore from advertisement rights, Rs 60,000 from other advertisement fees, Rs 80 lakh from stocking of building materials, Rs 5 crore from city bus services and advertisements, and Rs 3.57 crore from road-marking reserved funds. NMC will thus generate Rs 25 crore from various sources. Municipal Commissioner has proposed expenditure of Rs 24 crore on various works like Rs 30 lakh on traffic signal controls and blinkers maintenance, Rs 50 lakh on channeliser and road-divider repairs, Rs 10 lakh on Mass Rapid Transport System and Bus Rapid Transport System, Rs 50 lakh on Children’s Traffic Park, Rs 2.50 crore on widening of square, Rs 2.5 crore on square development project, Rs 2 crore on traffic development, Rs 3.5 crore on installation of new traffic signals and controllers, Rs 2 crore on improvement of parking system, Rs 2 crore on signage system control, Rs 3.85 crore on area traffic control system and CCTV installation and Rs 4 crore on construction of foot over bridges.
Sources informed that Nagpur city has around 310 kms of road and 250 squares. The number of accidents are increasing on these roads and the civic body is taking various measures to control these accidents. Urban Development Department has suggested NMC to prepare parking policy wherein parking fee represents true value of the land occupied, which is used to make public transport more attractive, banning of parking on arterial and ring roads, multi-level parking centres in City Centres with park-and-ride facility etc. It has also suggested to set up a Traffic Information Management Control Centre for effective monitoring and enforcement of traffic as well as data-generation and data-collection for future planning.
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