The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to replace steel barricades on road medians with permanent concrete blocks. The authorities have identified 13 stretches in the core area where these blocks will be put up in a phased manner.
After Mysuru was ranked first among 476 cities in the Swachha Bharat ranking announced by the Union urban development ministry recently, MCC decided to maintain its position by giving more importance to the city's cleanliness and beauty. The MCC evicted food vendors from footpaths who were a traffic nuisance and ruining the clean look of the city. The corporation identified several food courts where vendors were shifted.
Now, MCC has decided to improve the beauty and safety of roads. Noticing that metal barricades on road medians are a major concern for both vehicular safety and beauty of the city, the authorities have decided to replace them with concrete blocks.
The authorities observed that the metal barricades on medians were lying haphazardly on major roads and were a threat to vehicles. It was also noticed that pedestrians crossed the road by pushing aside the barricades instead of using the pedestrian crossings. On some roads, barricades were used for erecting advertisement boards or posters or banners of associations.
In all, 13 major roads like Sayyaji Rao Road, Hardinge Circle to Nanjangud Road and others have been identified by MCC where concrete blocks will be put up after removing the barricades. MCC commissioner CG Betsurmath along with city police commissioner B Dayananda visited KR Circle and other major roads to verify the feasibility of placing these blocks.
MCC superintendent engineer Suresh Babu told TOI that MCC had erected 10 concrete blocks near KR Circle towards MCC building on a trial basis. "The police have expressed satisfaction with the plan to replace metal barricades with blocks. Tenders will be floated for the work immediately and work will be taken up in a phased manner," he said.
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