<p>Improper traffic management is the cause of the congestion at Tagore Circle. The fact that the underpass work is being carried out in such a hurried manner, without experimenting with alternative traffic management policies, indicates that there may be other motives behind carrying out this work. <br /><br />The Lokayukta should suo motu verify financial backgrounds of all bureaucrats and contractors associated with such large infrastructure projects, as a prerequisite for allowing such projects to start in the first place.<br />A very simple solution that the authorities should first experiment with is the following. <br /><br />Travelling on K R Road from City Market side towards Netkallappa circle, Narasimha Raja Colony (N R Colony), and beyond, one encounters cross roads (intersections) at three points in Basavanagudi: under the National College Flyover, at the Tagore Circle (intersecting B P Wadia Road and Bugle Rock Road), and at Netkallappa Circle (intersecting M N Krishna Rao Park road). <br /><br />All that needs to be done is to install coordinated traffic lights at these three intersections so that traffic on K R Road flows smoothly. <br /><br />The authorities need to install traffic lights at Tagore Circle and Netkallappa Circle and synchronise them with the flyover traffic signal. <br /><br />Instead of trying out this simple solution, the authorities seem to have deliberately undertaken the underpass work in great haste. Where is this daylight robbery going to end?<br /><br /><em>V Sriram<br />Bangalore</em></p>
<p>Improper traffic management is the cause of the congestion at Tagore Circle. The fact that the underpass work is being carried out in such a hurried manner, without experimenting with alternative traffic management policies, indicates that there may be other motives behind carrying out this work. <br /><br />The Lokayukta should suo motu verify financial backgrounds of all bureaucrats and contractors associated with such large infrastructure projects, as a prerequisite for allowing such projects to start in the first place.<br />A very simple solution that the authorities should first experiment with is the following. <br /><br />Travelling on K R Road from City Market side towards Netkallappa circle, Narasimha Raja Colony (N R Colony), and beyond, one encounters cross roads (intersections) at three points in Basavanagudi: under the National College Flyover, at the Tagore Circle (intersecting B P Wadia Road and Bugle Rock Road), and at Netkallappa Circle (intersecting M N Krishna Rao Park road). <br /><br />All that needs to be done is to install coordinated traffic lights at these three intersections so that traffic on K R Road flows smoothly. <br /><br />The authorities need to install traffic lights at Tagore Circle and Netkallappa Circle and synchronise them with the flyover traffic signal. <br /><br />Instead of trying out this simple solution, the authorities seem to have deliberately undertaken the underpass work in great haste. Where is this daylight robbery going to end?<br /><br /><em>V Sriram<br />Bangalore</em></p>
