The project has now reached a stage where it can send feed of violations real time to the police control room both at Thalghatpura station & shortly to a centralised command centre. The circle inspector of Thalaghattapura police limits Jagadish N collaborated with the residents to have the CCTV installed. He revealed to the residents that this initiative had helped in Hebbagodi and Ashok Nagar to reduce the traffic violation cases or even law and order cases.
On December 2, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), South, Shiva Prakash Devaraju, visited spots of two fatal accidents. The first accident happened on NICE Road and another in Ganigarapalya in Thalaghattapura traffic police station limits.
According to the data provided by the traffic police, in these six days, places like Banashankari, Thalaghattapura, and Jayanagar have had more violations compared to Madiwala or Mico Layout. Jayanagara and Banashankari recorded the highest number of parking violation cases. Both recorded 15 cases of footpath riding, followed by Hulimavu, which recorded 11.
The other wetland has a little untreated water that has accumulated. It is now closing into the larger water body, which also has very little water. Close to 30-40% of the lake is left without water,” he explained. Lack of rainwater inflow has led to deterioration of the water quality at the lake.
In an online survey carried out by residents of Kanakapura with over 232 respondents, 99.2% stated that they would prefer taking the BMTC bus for first and last mile connectivity.