Jammu
Poor traffic management by traffic police turns Jammu, a smart city, into a fish market; Immediate government attention is needed
Poor traffic management by traffic police turns Jammu, a smart city, into a fish market; Immediate government attention is needed
POONCH TODAY NEWS
JAMMU: On social media platforms, traffic police officials were seen presenting themselves as efficient police officials doing their duties in a professional way, but the ground condition of traffic congestion everywhere shows an alarming scene in every area of the city of Jammu.
It takes a long time for a common man to reach a desired destination due to huge traffic jams everywhere. Moreover, the failure of several traffic signals highlights another inefficiency of the traffic police. This issue has become the talk of the city, as people were seen saying that many areas of Jammu Smart City, due to huge traffic congestion, have become fish markets. The reason is the brazen inefficiency of traffic police officials in controlling the ever-rising traffic overload. In most areas, traffic police officials have been observed using their personal mobiles to take pictures of vehicles, a clear violation of Supreme Court directives and a clear breach of individual privacy. While some social media users portray the traffic police positively for their own financial gain, it is the common people of Jammu city who are experiencing significant inconvenience from frequent traffic jams throughout the area. On national highways, traffic police officials are regularly seen collecting favors on a weekly/fortnightly/monthly basis from commercial vehicles, least bothered about open traffic violations. A junior traffic police officer, posted in a posh locality of Jammu, on the condition of anonymity, told “POONCH TODAY” that his seniors were continuously demanding money from him and he was forced to make money by punishing traffic violators unnecessarily.” Almost in the entire city of Jammu, people are facing this traffic congestion crisis. Government employees, school-going children, businessmen, and common men are facing huge inconvenience due to the worst-ever traffic mismanagement in the city of Jammu. The concerned traffic officials have failed to ensure a smooth flow of traffic. Many students of Jammu University also said that they often arrive late on campus due to regular long traffic jams and also questioned the hollow professionalism of traffic police officials. The other day, district administration Jammu announced some measures to control traffic congestion, but those have been objected to by leaders of some auto unions, as they said that the district administration is snatching livelihood means from them by issuing visionless orders. As Jammu city is already facing traffic congestion, the arrival of the winter secretariat is further likely to increase the traffic jams in Jammu city. Top traffic police bosses have failed to manage the situation in the public interest. The government must prioritize tackling this issue by holding traffic officers accountable, and those who have failed to perform their duties should be reassigned, as the public is consistently suffering due to the poor management of traffic in Jammu city. If this is the condition of Jammu smart city, then what would be the condition of traffic police in other districts of the Jammu division?