Bengaluru Traffic Highlights: Two die in separate accidents

After various footpaths were encroached by the hawkers in Bengaluru's JP Nagar, the traffic police made them clear the footpaths for pedestrians. In an X post, the Jayanagar traffic police wrote, “Today, the footpath encroachments of J.P. Nagar 24th main road were cleared to allow free movement of pedestrians.”

Bengaluru traffic police on Friday raised a violation against a cop who did not wear a helmet while riding as a pillion on the road. A user on X spotted the cop and shared the picture on the social media platform. He wrote, “Wahh!! People who fines the public when they are not wearing helmets those people are itself not wearing the helmet this was noticed by me in the morning near the @BlrCityPolice Commissioner Office signal.” 

In a response to the post, Bengaluru traffic police said, “Violation has been raised, please wait for the update.” 

The barricades on the sides of Bengaluru roads are often observed and a user raised a question asking what is the point of them on the road. In a response to the user, police said that they are kept to prevent car and bike drivers to park their vehicles on the road which might cause traffic. 

Karnataka's additional director general of police (Traffic & Safety) Alok Kumar said that 50 - 52 per cent of victims in fatal accidents are bikers. He also said that not wearing helmets is the major cause of death in an accident. 

The Bengaluru police on Friday conducted an awareness drive at various traffic signals in city and asked the commuters to follow the rules. In the awareness drive, issues like wearing helmet for bikers, not blocking the free left turns at signal and giving way for ambulances were raised. 

A chain accident between a Mahindra Thar, a taxi cab and a two-wheeler on Thursday morning caused traffic to pile up on the Devarabeesanahalli flyover in south Bengaluru, a report stated. 

Part of the Outer Ring Road (ORR) from Central Silk Board to Hebbal saw crawling traffic on Thursday as a result of ongoing Namma Metro construction works, a report stated. Commuters were set for tiresomely long journeys on public transport including the BMTC.

Two men have lost their lives late on Wednesday night in separate accidents in Bengaluru, a report stated. A 51-year-old auto rickshaw driver was killed after a car crashed into his auto from behind. In the second incident, a biker hit a footpath edge and took a huge fall, leading to severe head injuries. He passed away enroute to the NIMHANS institute.

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Bengaluru's Whitefield police station warned commuters that the height barricade at the Panathur Railway Underpass is broken and requested the public to co-operate. The Panathur area is a well-known bottleneck where residents face daily traffic jams which hinder the office and school-going traffic.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda is set to go live on social media for an hour on Saturday between 12 pm and 1 pm in a bid to clarify residents' queries. The event, called ‘Ask Me Anything’ is scheduled time and again so residents can interact directly with officials on the city's issues.

Authorities have undertaken repair work at the RCC bridge/culvert on the Binny Mill Tank Bund road, owing to which vehicular movement on the Tank Bund road has been banned. Cops from the Chickpet police station issued an advisory, detailing alternate routes to the public.