BENGALURU: The move to implement one-way traffic on a road within Manyata Tech Park has eased traffic to a great extent and brought relief to residents. The one-way was officially announced by City Traffic Police on Monday.
The decision was taken after residents had protested against traffic congestions in the residential parts of the tech park. In this regard, Kannada film actor Shivaraj Kumar, also a resident of the area, had met Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy and placed the issues before him. The Minister inspected the area, and then directed the traffic police to implement the one-way traffic.
Suman Vishveshwaraiah, a resident of the enclave Manyata Residency within the tech park, said, “The move has helped and congestion is down to a great extent. However, we also want Embassy group to open more exits to the tech park, which is something we have been asking them for a long time.” Suman stays only 5-6 houses away from the park’s back gate. She said prior to the one-way move, during peak hours, she would take up to 45 minutes to just get out of the tech park. She added that some times ambulance services too had got affected by the traffic.
The traffic that was exiting the park from gate number 5 is now being directed towards gate number 4. Another resident of the enclave Bhanumathi Ravikumar said a week after residents had begun to regulate traffic themselves, they had inspected the roads within the park, and found the traffic problems to have greatly reduced.
On Monday, though traffic police personnel were posted to regulate traffic, residents helped them. “They are new, so we will help them for a few days,” she said. She said the exit at gate number 5 was a major bottleneck earlier, but not any more.Nagi Reddy, a resident of Thanisandra just outside the tech park, said the move might not be a permanent solution and something else needs to be done.