The lack of coordination between the traffic police and BBMP makes them more dangerous for the motorists than they were earlier.
The traffic police and BBMP may have begun the process of removing speed-breakers across the city in an effort to make it safer for motorists. And they have mucked up big time.
MA Saleem, additional commissioner of police (traffic) had said: “In a month, we have broken down 1,141 of the 1,684 unscientific speed-breakers. We have only 500 more left, which we will finish by April 15.”
When he was asked who would do this work, he said: “That is the BBMP’s job. We have identified unscientific speed-breakers and demolished it. The BBMP has to do the asaphalting and patchwork. The traffic police cannot do that.”
The BBMP, on the other hand, declared that by April 15, all scientific speed-breakers would be marked using paint. “We have already called for tenders to paint scientific speed breakers and we will finalise it soon,” said a BBMP official.
No much thought has gone into what would happen to unscientific speed-breakers after they are removed. “That is the zonal engineers’ work. Since they know the areas better, they will do a better job of doing the patchwork and so on,” said a BBMP official.
Is there a deadline to complete this job? He said zonal officers would have to call tenders for the patchwork and complete the work by April-end. “Breaking down speed-breakers is simple, but this is not the case with the patchwork. This takes time,” he said.
The way the BBMP and traffic police have handled this issue has exposed the lack of coordination. “What were you expecting?” said Ashwin Mahesh, adding: “I think this is one of the many qualities that set us apart: We hope continuously, even when we know it is not going to work.”
“If they wanted to, they would have talked to each other. Everyone has been complaining about lack of coordination between agencies. There is nothing new about what has happened now,” he added.
“Why does the BBMP even need tenders for such routine jobs, considering that this is part of what the BBMP does regularly? Why does it have to call tenders for painting the road or repairing a pothole when you know that you are have to do it after a period of time? These are jobs that need constant attention, but the BBMP refuses to treat it as such,” he said.
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