{"id":619,"date":"2025-10-04T20:47:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=619"},"modified":"2025-10-04T20:47:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T20:47:36","slug":"div-com-kashmir-reviews-measures-to-decongest-city-roads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2025\/10\/04\/div-com-kashmir-reviews-measures-to-decongest-city-roads\/","title":{"rendered":"Div Com Kashmir reviews measures to decongest city roads"},"content":{"rendered":"

KT News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Srinagar, Oct 04:<\/strong> In a bid to streamline traffic\u00a0 mobility in city, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg Saturday chaired a high-level meeting with\u00a0 stakeholder departments to review ongoing and proposed measures aimed at decongesting major & interior roads in Srinagar city.<\/p>\n

The meeting was attended by Vice Chairpersons of LCMA, SDA, SSP Traffic Srinagar, ADC Srinagar, Chief Engineer R&B, Joint Commissioner SMC, and representatives from the Wildlife, Transport, and JKRTC.<\/p>\n

The meeting held threadbare discussions on development of Multi-Level Parking at different locations, Widening of Boulevard Road, development of Smart City charging Infrastructure, operationalization of\u00a0 ITMS camers and traffic signals, regulation of E-Rickshaws and framing of Policy for influx of\u00a0 used vehicle.<\/p>\n

On the occasion, he laid emphasis\u00a0 on expediting the creation of multi-parking facilities, particularly in high-density areas such as Nishat, Shalimar Bagh, Jama Masjid, Sanat Nagar, Bemina, and Batamaloo.<\/p>\n

The meeting also discussed impact of the\u00a0 widening Boulevard Road to ease traffic pressure and enhance tourist and local movement besides allowing one-way traffic from Dalgate to Nehru Park.<\/p>\n

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Also, the meeting discussed the introducing one-way traffic movement on selected interior roads. It was decided to start the initiative on the pilot basis to assess its effectiveness before wider implementation.<\/p>\n

Development of charging infrastructure for Smart City electric buses to avoid bunching of e-buses was also discussed.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Div Com directed the Srinagar Smart City Limited (SSCL) to adhere to the committed timelines for the operation of traffic lights and ITMS cameras at 66 key junctions.<\/p>\n

Further,\u00a0 Div Com urged to encourage private landowners along Boulevard Road to partner with the administration by lending land for parking purposes on tripartite basis.<\/p>\n

He also called for regulation of e-rickshaws and demarcation of \u2018No-Go Zones\u2019 to reduce congestion on main roads.<\/p>\n

The meeting deliberated on the need for a policy to regulate the increasing number of used vehicles being brought into Kashmir Valley.<\/p>\n

To ensure effective execution, Div Com directed all departments to categorize proposed measures into short-term, mid-term, and long-term actions. He stressed on inter-departmental coordination and strict adherence to timelines to deliver impactful results.<\/p>\n

Garg also emphasized for removal of bottlenecks across key corridors and urged all departments to work collectively to improve the urban transport ecosystem in Srinagar.<\/p>\n

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KT News Desk \u00a0Srinagar, Oct 04: In a bid to streamline traffic\u00a0 mobility in city, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Anshul Garg Saturday chaired a high-level meeting with\u00a0 stakeholder departments to review ongoing and proposed measures aimed at decongesting major & interior roads in Srinagar city. The meeting was attended by Vice Chairpersons of LCMA, SDA, SSP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}