Traffic Action Plan 2011-2012!

!!!   TRAFFIC ACTION PLAN 2011 – 12!!!

          The Traffic Action Plan for the year 2011-12 is designed to consolidate upon the gains achieved in the previous Action Plan of 2010-11.

Overall Objectives of the Traffic Action Plan:-

          1. To further increase the average speed of vehicles: 1. The peak hour speed used to be 12 KMs per hour in early 2010 which increased to 17 – 18 KMs per hour by March, 2011. 2. The non-peak hour average speed has also increased to 20-22 KMs per hour for all vehicular traffic. 3. We will try to take average speed to around 20-21 KMs per hour in peak hours and around 25 KMs per hour in non-peak hour traffic by implementing all the measures in Traffic Action Plan – 2011-12.

          2. To instill a sense of discipline and respect for traffic rules in the various segments of traffic like private vehicle owners, RTC and other buses, Autos etc. through stern enforcement and education.

          3. To further bring down the accident rate through appropriate engineering – enforcement – education measures.

          4. To further change the orientation of the Hyderabad City Traffic Police from VIP movement facilitation to smoother public vehicles movement.

          5. To increase respect for Traffic Police through strict and honest enforcement and dedicated duty.

          6. To take care of the health and welfare of the traffic Home Guards, Constables and Officers.

Total vehicles in Hyderabad City
Sl.No.	Type of Vehicle	2001	2005	2009	2011 (Upto Mar)
1.	Two Wheelers	8,56,397	11,57,564	15,30,712	17,30,079
2.	Motor Cars/Jeeps	1,26,472	1,99,904	3,04,234	3,62,090
3.	Goods Vehicles	40,251	64,747	89,091	95,856
4.	State Carriages/  Mini buses	2,263	12,698	16,970	18,800
5.	Auto Rickshaws	58,851	68,469	68,469	75,163
6.	Taxis	6,355	17,907	31,876	33,935
7.	Tractors	263	741	1,232	1,518
8.	Others	882	5,440	7,316	8,587
Grand Total of all vehicles		10,91,734	15,27,470	20,49,900	23,26,028

          1. About 23.5 lakh vehicles and 2. 6 lakh vehicles in Cyberabad area = 29.5 lakh in GHMC area. 3. 600 being added everyday in Hyderabad City. 4. 2.5 lakh vehicles being added in GHMC area, every year. 5. Projected to cross 45 lakh by 2015.

10 MAIN OBSTACLES TO FREE FLOW OF TRAFFIC:- At a brainstorming session, the traffic police officers identified 10 main obstacles to free flow of traffic in Hyderabad City.

1. Wrong Parking and parking place conversion.
2. Encroachments on footpaths / roads.
3. Poor traffic infrastructure like signals, roads, signages, junctions etc.
4. Bottlenecks – both natural and religious.
5. VIP movement.
6. Road cutting by Government agencies / no restoration.
7. Dharnas, processions etc on roads.
8. 3500 RTC buses / 70,000 autos parking – indiscipline.
9. Lack of any budget to Traffic Department to take up Traffic Improvement measures.
10. Manpower shortage in Traffic Department.

          The Traffic Action Plan 2011 – 12 will be mainly tackling these 10 obstructions and The Traffic Action Plan will be carried under the “3+1 Es” of the Traffic Management i.e. 1) Enforcement 2) Engineering and 3) Education. Additionally, we are adding a fourth E i.e. 4) ‘Enablement’ this year.

IV. 4th ‘E’ - ENABLEMENT:- Through enablement, steps will be taken to strengthen the traffic department – both legal and departmental.

1) Creation of new Traffic Police Stations:-

          On experimental basis in 2010 the S.R.Nagar Traffic Police Station was made operational under the charge of one Inspector and a strength of 3 SIs, 1 HCs, 23 PCs and 68 HGs drawn from the strength of Traffic P.S.Panjagutta. After the experiment of the new Traffic Police Station, tremendous improvement in the traffic situation was brought about in the neglected areas like Yousufguda, S.R.Nagar etc.

          In 2001, total number of vehicles in Hyderabad City was 10.91 lakhs. In 2011, total number of vehicles in Hyderabad City is 23.90 lakhs. i.e. 13 lakhs increase in 10 years.

          In view of the increased number of vehicles and large area which the concerned Inspectors are unable to supervise, it is proposed to create more Traffic Police Stations under charge of Inspector. They are :

          a) Jubilee Hills Traffic P.S. which will be carved out of Banjara Hills Traffic P.S. (Jubilee Hills Tr.PS. will have Jubilee Hills L&O PS Jurisdiction while Banjara Hills Tr.PS. will have Banjara Hills L&O PS jurisdiction)

          b) Nallakunta Traffic P.S. to be carved out of Kachiguda Traffic P.S. (Nallakunta Traffic PS will have Osmania University and Nallakunta L&O PSs jurisdiction while Kachiguda Traffic PS will have Kachiguda & Amberpet L&O PSs jurisdiction)

          c) Maredpally Traffic P.S. to be carved out of the present Trimulgherry Traffic P.S. (Marredpally Traffic PS will have Karkhana, Marredpally & Tukaramgate L&O PSs jurisdiction while Trimulgherry Tr.PS. will have Trimulgherry, Bowenpally and Bollarum L&O PSs jurisdiction)

          d) Tolichowki Traffic P.S. out of Asif Nagar Tr.P.S. (Tolichowki Tr.PS. will have Golconda and Langer Houz L&O PSs jurisdiction while Asifnagar Tr.PS. will have Asifnagar, Humayun Nagar and Tappachabutra L&O PSs jurisdiction)

          The new inspectors – SHOs for the above Traffic Police Stations are as under:

Jubilee Hills Traffic PS	-	Sri Surya Chander Rao
Banjara Hills Traffic PS	-	Sri Srikanth
Marredpally Traffic PS	-	Sri Kalinga Rao
Trimulgherry Traffic PS	-	Sri Pichaiah
Nallakunta Traffic PS	-	Sri Ravi Kiran
Kachiguda Traffic PS	-	Sri Ramalinga Raju
Asif Nagar Traffic PS	-	Sri Sravan Kumar
Tolichowki Traffic PS	-	Sri Balakrishna Reddy

Inspector, Admn., will function as SHO, S.R.Nagar Traffic PS till further orders. Any new Tr.P.S. functioning will require:-

1. Staff division
2. Static staff like GD writers, drivers, sentry, computer operator.
3. Equipment / material division
4. Building
5. Jeep for Inspector
6. Computer – Software
7. Wireless set
8. Crane., etc.
9. Cell phone / SIM

          More Traffic Police Stations like Narayanguda Tr.PS., Afzalgunj Tr.PS., Bahadurpura Tr.PS., will be created in the coming days to cope with the increased traffic and large jurisdictions.

2) Enforcement powers to ASIs:-

          106 ASI posts sanctioned for Hyderabad Traffic and 24 SI posts reduced. Proposal to delegate powers to write challans to Asst. Sub Inspectors of Hyderabad Traffic Police is pending in Government. Will improve enforcement activity. Will treat ASIs on par with SIs.

3) Budget for Traffic Department:-

          Proposal to give back 25%, if not 50% of fine amount, for traffic improvement measures, is pending. Other proposals for financial sanction are pending – will pursue.

4) Traffic fines enhancement:-

          Proposal pending in Government to increase traffic fine amounts under MV Act - will pursue it to make enforcement more effective.

5) Prepaid Auto Books in Railway Stations / MGBS:-

          Proposal pending in Government, will pursue to get the G.O. This is to provide relief to the railway passengers. After watching performance, they will be extended to MGBS, Kachiguda Railway station etc.

6) Staggering of timings of offices / colleges - schools:-

          Till now start and close times of schools, and film theatres has been done. This year we will have meetings with college managements and private offices to stagger their start – close timings so as not to clash with peak hours. Now school – college zones will be categorized into A, B, C categories.

C Category – 3 to 4 schools or colleges within 500 to 750 meters radius.
B Category – 5 to 7 schools or colleges within 500 to 750 meters radius.
A Category – 8 and above schools or colleges within 500 to 750 meters radius.

          Timings will be staggered as per the above categorization by 15 minutes in closing and opening in consultation with Education Department and School / College Managements.

7) Traffic Department functioning:-

          a) Do’s and Don’ts of the Department to be implemented more strictly.

          b) Visibility of Traffic Police has increased greatly. At all junctions traffic police are available from 8 am in the morning to 10 pm in the night.

          c) SIs, Inspectors and ACP’s are continuously seen on road now. DCP’s and Addl. DCP’s spend lot of time on roads, surprising and checking performance and absentees etc. Effective functioning apart from availability and visibility will be focused upon 2011, so that the actual violators of traffic rules are penalized.

          d) Orientation of Traffic personal and officers from VVIP traffic management to congestion management was brought about in the year 2010 and will be taken forward in 2011. Credit will be given to the officers and men who facilitate VIP movement by minimum stoppage of traffic which requires expertise.

          e) Officers and men will focus more on clearing buildup or waiting traffic after VIP passes i.e. clearing post VIP movement congestion.

          f) Traffic Police will go further in informing motorists about diversions through flex’s, mike announcements, FM Radios, TV Channels etc.

          g) The Commissioner of Police will be requested to fill up the vacancies of RSIs, SIs and Inspectors and also to post as many as PCs to cover more point to help in better traffic management - presently there are 30% vacancies in all ranks.

          h) Enforcement philosophy will be changed to catch actual violators and more effectiveness.

8) Men Welfare:-

          a) Traffic umbrellas have been setup at over 350 junctions to allow them to sit while on duty in non-peak hours. These umbrellas will be improved further.

          b) The following traffic equipment is proposed to be supplied to the men and officers to facilitate their functioning:

1. Helmets
2. LED batons
3. Rain coats
4. Proper shoes
5. Oxygen concentrators
6. Water purifiers in Traffic Police Stations
7. Water bottles/flasks
8. Goggles
9. Glucose
10. Rs.400/- summer allowance.
11. Kit bags to carry above material.

          c) Regular health checkup camps will be continued this year also.

          d) One disposable nose mask is being supplied every day to traffic personnel right from Home Guard to Addl. C.P. to protect them from the pollution on the roads.

9) Constables / Officers Rewards Scheme:-

          HGs working without absenteeism will be specially rewarded. Spot rewards for PCs/HCs/SIs found to be doing sincere duty in my surprise checks. Every month, every station (18), Best HC/PC - Cash reward of Rs. 200/-, Best HG - Cash reward of Rs. 200/-. Every Zone (6)

          1 Best SI - 250/- + Certificate - Able / Mike will decide.

          1 Best Inspector based on - every 3 months performance of all 3 Es. - Rs. 2000/- + Certificate – DCP’s + Addl. CP will decide.

          Best able officer (ACP) - every 6 months based on 3 Es performance - CP’s Commendation letter – DCP’s + Addl. CP will decide.

          Rewards will be given on every 1st Saturday Parade for the previous month.

          Criteria will be sincerity in duty, regularity, neatness, professionalism in duties for HCs/PCs/HGs and in addition to the above enforcement work, control over subordinates, keeping carriage way clear in jurisdiction, integrity in discharge of duties, to the SI and above rank officers, carrying out special drives effectively etc.

Code of conduct for HCs/PCs/HGs:-

Rank	Dos	Don’ts
Head Constables / Police Constables / Home Guards:-
	Uniform to be neat.	Do not leave point till reliever comes.
	Report to duty at junction on time.	Do not chitchat - stand at different points of junction, in eye contact.
	Use traffic hand signalling as per drill at junctions not having traffic lights or during  electricity cut.	No absenteeism, especially HGs.
	Wear reflector jackets in the evening / night.	Do not stop, check papers without presence of at least SI rank officer.
	Use traffic reflector batons.	Do not talk angrily or react to resistance.
	Wear nose masks.	Do not abuse, use bad language.
	Wear Rain Coats / Rain Shoes when it rains.
	Carry them in Kit Bag supplied daily.
	Wear nameplates compulsorily.
	Wear dark glasses on sunny days.
	Use water flasks effectively.
	Use glucose supplied properly.
	Use whistle to control traffic, drive away parked vehicles etc.
	Be very patient, polite with public.
	Keep junctions free of parking.
	Be alert to traffic congestions and communicate with neighboring junctions.
	Maintain equipment supplied carefully.
Sub Inspectors:-
	Spend 90% time on the road	Do not lose patience with people resisting fining, on arguments.
	Move continuously in the sector.	Do not abuse or use bad language.
	Focus on regulation in peak hours.	Do not shirk responsibility and strenuous duty.
	Take up fining at other times.
	Keep roads free of  wrongly parked vehicles, free of encroachments and check other offences.
	Look after welfare of PCs/HGs.
	Keep checking their reporting, presence, absence at duty points by surprise.
Inspectors:-
	Stay in area till 10 P.M., report in area by 8 A.M.	Do not abuse or use bad language with public.
	Spend 75% of time on the road, at least 8 to 10 hours.	Train; keep talking to men about this.
	Spend time at each junction every day.	Do not resort to corrupt practices.
	Give leadership to the entire traffic force.
	Talk to men/SIs, guide them, build rapport.
	Take the lead in looking in to VIP movement so as to reduce / fine tune the time traffic is stopped on roads.
	Pay personal attention in clearing traffic as soon as VIP passes.
	Keep touring jurisdiction, check on the work of SIs & men.
	Take up challaning work personally.
	Keep area clear of wrongly parked vehicles, encroachments.
	Look after welfare of men, their health, be human and polite to them.
	Ensure SIs/PCs/HGs do their duty properly, report on time.
	Look after maintenance of various enforcement/traffic equipment supplied.
	Carry out instructions of Addl. CP and DCPs sincerely.
	Carry out special drives on various offences with special interest.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP's):-
	Take responsibility for their Divisions like DCPs of L&O in 5 zones.
	Personally monitor Inspectors work.
	Communicate general / special drive instructions on set daily.
	Ensure group enforcement once a week in each P.S.
	Ensure special night Drunken Driving enforcement on weekends in their areas.
	Do not allow bad practices which obstruct traffic flow.
	Ensure correct duty timings.
	Stay in area till 10 P.M.
	Build rapport with officers and men.
	Complete inspections of establishments correctly, on time.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP's):-
	To lead from the front and by example
	To act as SPs of districts and provide leadership
	To devise strategies to implement special drives, motivate staff
	To spend at least 5 to 6 hours on the roads and check by surprise
	Carry out inspections of establishments and send reports in time
	To personally look after movements of CM / Governor / Chief Justice
	To personally monitor movements of other VIPs so as to minimize stoppage time.

Addl. Commissioner of Police,
Traffic, Hyderabad City.