Soon in Chandigarh: Designated pick-and-drop points for autorickshaws

Madhya Marg is the main postulation artery of the metropolis arsenic it sees dense travel of vehicles, making it a archetypal prime for this aviator project. There are implicit 10,000 autos plying connected the metropolis roads and to streamline those coming from Punjab and Haryana becomes a problem.

Officials of the UT engineering section person respective times successful the roadworthy information committee’s gathering raised the contented of car rickshaws halting anyplace to prime and driblet people, often starring to superior accidents.

“On a aviator basis, we person thought of making designated points connected the Madhya Marg. Only astatine these places, the autos shall beryllium allowed to halt to prime oregon driblet the commuters. There had been reports of galore accidents due to the fact that of the abrupt halting of the car rickshaws. There volition beryllium 12 designated points successful this country alone,” Ojha said. He further said if this task becomes palmy here, past it shall beryllium deployed successful different areas too.

The administration’s officials said that erstwhile the designated points are made, the State Transport Authority has besides been directed to challan the autos if they bash not halt astatine these earmarked places lone to prime oregon driblet the commuters.

The tender by the engineering helping said that the enactment ought to beryllium completed successful 2 months. Funds of astir Rs 13.15 lakh are being spent connected the same.

Had besides introduced lay-bys for buses

Earlier, successful a akin determination for the halting of buses, the Chandigarh Administration had astatine immoderate areas introduced lay-bys — astatine the broadside of a roadworthy wherever vehicles tin halt for a little play — connected the signifier of cities abroad.

It was again successful 1 of the roadworthy information committee’s meetings that the transport section had suggested that the lay-bys beryllium carved retired adjacent bus-queue shelters connected large roads, depending upon the abstraction available. Once the lay-bys are marked connected the roads, the buses tin halt there. Anywhere other connected the road, if the buses stop, they shall beryllium challaned, it was decided.

Officials stated that the large occupation is witnessed connected Dakshin Marg, peculiarly connected the agelong towards Zirakpur.

Buses and car rickshaws halt adjacent Sector 35 roundabout, which is different not a designated spot for them, causing a bottleneck, particularly during highest postulation hours.

At the lodging committee point, buses and autos halt connected the main road, leaving postulation congestion. At immoderate places, it is the postulation constabulary that has earmarked buses and auto-rickshaws to debar accidents.

Conditions for the works

According to the engineering wing, the enactment for the designated pick-and-drop shall beryllium carried retired arsenic per Central Public Works Department specifications/Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of India (MoRTH).

The tender besides said that the worldly utilized should beryllium champion quality/grade and the illustration for the aforesaid should beryllium approved from the technologist incharge and that the medication holds the close to judge oregon cull immoderate oregon each the tender without assigning immoderate reason.

“The conditional tender/tenders without earnest wealth shall beryllium rejected astatine immoderate stage. The quantities taken supra are tentative, these tin beryllium accrued oregon decreased arsenic per moving architectural/structural drawings oregon arsenic per instructions of the technologist incharge. The bureau shall beryllium bound to execute the enactment accordingly,” the tender mentioned successful its presumption and conditions.

The engineering helping stated that determination shall beryllium immoderate terms emergence successful the marketplace astatine immoderate signifier past nary assertion would beryllium entertained in-lien of that.

Also, the betterment of aged dismantled reusable material, if any, shall beryllium made from the contractor arsenic per existent quantity received astatine site.