Another plea to ease chaotic Hosur Road - Easy Drive Forum

manoj · 15-11-06, 09:11 AM

Another plea to ease chaotic Hosur Road

“We get up as early as 4.30 am. We finish cooking and leave home at about 6.15 am. We reach work at 9 am. In the evenings, we leave workplace at 5.15 but return home often at 9 pm or beyond,’’ says Aruna Newton, an employee of Infosys. This was her reply to a query on the condition of Hosur Road.

Aruna was part of a large group of women IT employees who met deputy chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday to urge him to improve the traffic situation on Hosur Road. Later, the group also met industries minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and BMP commissioner K Jairaj.

Last week, the group had met chief minister H D Kumaraswamy with the same issue and suggested that the connecting roads to Hosur Road be strengthened.

The deputy CM ordered a spot inspection to ease these supporting roads.
According to the women, improving the connecting roads, especially NICE’s peripheral road, could reduce 45% of the traffic on Hosur Road.

“The BJP government is associated with some prestigious projects like the en Quadrilateral. We feel that they will take this issue seriously as they have done a lot of good work on infrastructure development,’’ said Aruna.

According to her, Hosur Road is built to take 80,000 passenger car units in a day, but is today taking 1.2 lakh passenger car units. “While work on the elevated road is on, freeing connecting roads could reduce the burden on Hosur Road,’’ Aruna told TOI.

Opening the NICE Road was one of their key demands. Here, the government needs to acquire about 400 sq metres of land.

Once this is done, it is believed that a majority of traffic moving towards Bannerghatta, Vijayanagar and Jayanagar can be diverted on to this road. The group added that the road near Attibele that connects with Sarjapur Road needs to be completed up to Bommasandra.

So also the road near Naganathapura and Kudlur. Once these are done, these roads could take a lot of the Hosur Road traffic going towards Sarjapur Road.

Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com (Bangalore Edition)
Date Of Publish: 15-Nov-06

absolutemess · 17-11-06, 09:31 AM

Why can't people working in the same area try car pooling for a change? I've seen a single family owning 3 cars and one bike. Why can't all of you go in a single car?

nikhil · 17-11-06, 10:39 AM

Yes carpool's concept can be very effective to reduce traffic from our roads but i m not sure that carpool will be implemented sucessfully in our country because if you will see the figures of newly registered vehicles in our country per day then u will find people are much interested in traveling alone rather than sharing a vehicle.

15-11-06, 09:11 AM	#1
manoj Easy Drive Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 355	Another plea to ease chaotic Hosur Road Another plea to ease chaotic Hosur Road “We get up as early as 4.30 am. We finish cooking and leave home at about 6.15 am. We reach work at 9 am. In the evenings, we leave workplace at 5.15 but return home often at 9 pm or beyond,’’ says Aruna Newton, an employee of Infosys. This was her reply to a query on the condition of Hosur Road. Aruna was part of a large group of women IT employees who met deputy chief minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday to urge him to improve the traffic situation on Hosur Road. Later, the group also met industries minister Katta Subramanya Naidu and BMP commissioner K Jairaj. Last week, the group had met chief minister H D Kumaraswamy with the same issue and suggested that the connecting roads to Hosur Road be strengthened. The deputy CM ordered a spot inspection to ease these supporting roads. According to the women, improving the connecting roads, especially NICE’s peripheral road, could reduce 45% of the traffic on Hosur Road. “The BJP government is associated with some prestigious projects like the en Quadrilateral. We feel that they will take this issue seriously as they have done a lot of good work on infrastructure development,’’ said Aruna. According to her, Hosur Road is built to take 80,000 passenger car units in a day, but is today taking 1.2 lakh passenger car units. “While work on the elevated road is on, freeing connecting roads could reduce the burden on Hosur Road,’’ Aruna told TOI. Opening the NICE Road was one of their key demands. Here, the government needs to acquire about 400 sq metres of land. Once this is done, it is believed that a majority of traffic moving towards Bannerghatta, Vijayanagar and Jayanagar can be diverted on to this road. The group added that the road near Attibele that connects with Sarjapur Road needs to be completed up to Bommasandra. So also the road near Naganathapura and Kudlur. Once these are done, these roads could take a lot of the Hosur Road traffic going towards Sarjapur Road. Source: http://epaper.timesofindia.com (Bangalore Edition) Date Of Publish: 15-Nov-06 __________________ Nothing is fool-proof to a talented fool.

17-11-06, 09:31 AM	#2
absolutemess Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3	Try car pooling Why can't people working in the same area try car pooling for a change? I've seen a single family owning 3 cars and one bike. Why can't all of you go in a single car?

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17-11-06, 10:39 AM	#3
nikhil Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 9	Yes carpool's concept can be very effective to reduce traffic from our roads but i m not sure that carpool will be implemented sucessfully in our country because if you will see the figures of newly registered vehicles in our country per day then u will find people are much interested in traveling alone rather than sharing a vehicle.