The Hindu : CSR model can be applied to other fields too: Vijay Kumar

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Wednesday, Aug 13, 2003

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CSR model can be applied to other fields too: Vijay Kumar

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI AUG.12 .The Citizens for Safe Roads (CSR) initiative, launched by the City Traffic Police recently to improve traffic, could be a model to be replicated in other fields too, the Police Commissioner, K.Vijay Kumar, said here today.

In an introductory meeting with volunteers of the CSR, he said it was important for the citizens to feel safe on the roads as much as at their homes. A similar model could be replicated so that the public could partner the police in finding solutions to various problems and issues relating to society, he emphasised.

The CSR Project was an initiative to enrol participation from citizens for partnering the Traffic Police. As a step forward, the Chennai Traffic Task Force (CTTF) was formed as the core body with Mythili Sriram, social worker, as the convener.

The Joint Commissioner (Traffic), G.U.G.Sastry, said the first citywide public interaction on Sunday generated 768 written petitions and numerous oral complaints on how to improve the traffic scenario, civic conditions and basic amenities.

While over 50 per cent of the petitions aired views on traffic problems ranging from parking facility or the lack of it, encroachments, necessity of traffic signals, regulation or setting up of autorickshaw stands, over 30 per cent of them were grievances pertaining to non-removal of rubbish, drain blocks, and the lack of subways and pavements. Water stagnation and absence of reflectors on speed breakers on highways were received too. Complaints of scarcity of drinking water and its contamination was also aired, Mr. Sastry said. While hinting at some impending "hard decisions", Mr. Sastry said they were looking at introducing more one-way traffic routes to decongest certain areas. A street-wise assessment had been taken up to arrive at a concrete plan for the same.

Vijay Mehta, Joint Convenor, CTTF, said an initiative was also on to train autorickshaw drivers on first aid. Commendation certificates were given away to six senior citizens, who helped the traffic police at different junctions as CSR volunteers.

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