Traffic

Traffic jams at the entrance of Pune railway station on the busy Raja Bahadur Mill Road is a common sight. Passengers and motorists are irked by daily traffic congestion caused by haphazardly parked transport cabs, buses and autorickshaws bang outside the station entrance. In the absence of sufficient parking space, vehicles halt by the roadside,

It is not only solar powered, but also portable. It can be dismantled to one-metre height for transportation. The signal has a solar power backup of approximately 48 hours. Wheels at its bottom help in moving it around easily. A solar panel on top, a battery and set-top box complete the look. Supplied by a

In February, more than 8,300 people were booked for driving on the wrong side of the road or driving into no-entry zones. The traffic cops’ campaign got a shot-in-the-arm after seriousness of the offence was raised by none other than state director general of police Pravin Dixit at a recent event in the city. Dixit

The burgeoning number of vehicles on Pune roads has prompted the traffic po lice to increase the signal timings from 12 hours to 16 hours a day. So, instead of 9 am to 9 pm, 34 major junctions will now have signals that are operational from 7 am to 11 pm. Police officials said Pune,

The nearly five-kilometre busy and narrow stretch of the Mumbai-Pune highway (NH4) in Khadki cantonment limits is turning increasingly unsafe because of at least three unauthorised median punctures and defunct streetlights for the past six months.The paver block median strip is just one feet high and that makes it easier for pedestrians to cross the

The police’s decision comes after a 14-year-old boy was mowed down by a speeding water tanker near Wagholi on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Abhishek Warghade. The traffic police department expects the Pune Municipal Corporation to enforce better tanker management in the city . Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Sarang Awad said

With the fallout of road rage and squabbles between motorists and traffic cops becoming more than a regular phenomenon on the city’s busy streets these days, the concerned police officials have finally had enough. After dealing with hundreds of such cases over the years, traffic police are increasingly citing that handling the eruption of law

Perhaps the `don’t drink and drive’ campaign the Pune police, several NGOs and ca ring individuals spiritedly persisted with paid off. Outings to restaurants and bars on New Year’s Eve was tepid, and an almost 20% to 30% drop in footfalls from last year’s was perceptible. Sandy Singh, partner, Eu riska, Prems and Swig, quo