By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 06th
May:- Lambasting both Congress
and BJP leadership for playing havoc with Chandigarh’s future due to their
insensitive and careless attitude, ‘Traffic Man’ Boota Singh on Sunday asserted
that the ever evolving traffic needs of City Beautiful needs a calibrated
approach which the both ruling parties had so far tragically not exhibited.
Advocating Light Rail
System for Chandigarh’s traffic woes, the former Indian Railways Traffic
Services officer who is contesting as an independent candidate for Chandigarh
LS Seat out rightly debunked Metro, Mono Rail or Sky bus services as unsuitable
for Chandigarh. He also mooted the idea of constituting a three-member joint
transportation board for the tri-city’s pending traffic solutions.
Interacting with media persons,
Boota Singh who has over 30 years of expertise in traffic management said that
Light Rail System was a technologically proven system and at present had been
implemented in over more than 40 countries worldwide and could easily be
introduced in our existing city system without much disruption and can be
elevated, underground and on the outskirts area. Such arrangement would serve
till 2040, he added.
Taking pot shots at both
sitting MP Kirron Kher and former MP Pawan Bansal, Boota Singh said that both
leaders were hoodwinking the masses merely for petty political gains and
ruining the unique culture of this world famous city. The recent statement of
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari where he suggested Sky Bus as the solution for all
traffic needs of city once again exposes the classic lack of thinking and
callousness on part of BJP leadership when it comes to addressing the core
issues our city faces today, Boota said adding that Gadkari and Kher were
speaking in different tones and were merely indulging in politics as both did
not have any expertise in the matter. Chandigarh requires expertise at the helm
if we are to find lasting and realistic solutions to the various issues
plaguing the city, former Bureaucrat with more than 30 years of service with
IRTS said.
Divulging further on
Light Rail System, he said in Chandigarh route could start from Panchkula
through Secretariat, High Court to PGI encircle to Mohali, Zirakpur and other
intersecting corridors. It is energy efficient and requires one fifth of energy
is safer and would reduce journey time by more than 50 to 75%, he added. Rail
Metro carries same amount of traffic as five lanes of bus traffic and 12 lanes
of private motor cars.
Mono rail systems have
limited passenger throughput whereas demand for the city is much more once the
driving unit motor fails on the guide way it becomes difficult for evacuation
of passengers. It was the same reason Mono Rail had failed in Mumbai, he added.
The Sky Bus on the other hand is viable for hilly terrain and not fit for
Chandigarh as it can hit support pillars due to technical limitation on curves
and has fewer throughputs.
Speaking about various
other problems being faced by Chandigarh he said city needs a concerted
approach as far as the issue of traffic congestion, rising pollution, garbage
processing and issues concerning migrant labour.
Referring to the issue of
increasing garbage problem, he said small garbage dumps should be set up on the
outskirts of city rather than the one at Daddu Majra. Daddu Majra dump poses a
serious health hazard and should be urgent shifted out of city limits, he said
adding that this only required administrative proactivness and should not have
been allowed to linger on for so long. Mocking the Swach Abhiyan as mere
tokenism, he said that merely distributing bins won’t suffice; serious action
was required to change people’s mindset towards a clean green surroundings.
Boota Singh also
advocated for a 10 – 12 member barefoot Vidhaan Sabha to constitute acts
desired by the voters. . He further said that MP can be honorary member of such
a Vidhaan Sabha. This will help work the system efficiently.
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