The traffic police say they have covered the streets of the city

NS Bangalore Traffic Police (BTP) has stepped up its game by coming to the rescue of civic activists such as motorists. BTP is helping to improve roads by filling potholes, clearing fallen trees and branches and repairing damaged sections of roads. The traffic police is also plastering the city with boards advising caution against dangerous things. BTP personnel are helping citizens in this way after heavy rains.

Recently, a picture of a traffic cop sitting on a flyover cleaning a rain water outlet as it was still raining took Twitter by surprise. Turning to a narrow single lane to avoid waterlogging during heavy rains, the internet is full of praise for the dedicated policeman, who was doing so as vehicles slowed down.

However, this is only one such example, as BTP personnel have been carrying out several similar tasks across the city during the rains. “BTP is assisted by traffic warden to manage smooth traffic flow during rains, but all traffic cops on ground duty brace to fix potholes – at least temporarily by filling it with construction debris. , before assessing its location and informing the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). To solve the major road division problem

Traffic police are also identifying areas which are prone to waterlogging in their respective divisions and are deploying more personnel to manage traffic at such places,” said Kuldeep Kumar Jain, deputy commissioner of traffic police (west). .

A senior traffic police officer said, “Either the BBMP is in trouble with the road construction contractors to expedite these works or the civic authority has other issues which are further hampering the traffic movement.” Apart from providing first aid for roads, they are also taking care of other types of road emergencies during rains, such as when basecom During heavy rains the lines break due to falling trees.

A big tree fell on two vehicles parked on 2nd Main, Ramchandra Road on Tuesday morning. Gandhinagar. it happened inside Upperpet Traffic Police Stationlimits of.

The police reached the spot and removed the tree and cleared the road ahead of peak traffic hours, just after a case was registered based on complaints from the owners of the damaged vehicles. Apart from these things, the BTP is looking for tree branches that are obstructing the visibility of traffic signals, warning boards, and also repainting road dividers.