Focussed attention given to bring parking regulation on Madurai city roads

Madurai city police enforce disciplined parking, road safety awareness, and traffic regulations through "One Day, One Road" initiative.

Madurai city police have been taking up focussed traffic-related activities in regulation of vehicles and providing awareness to road users on road safety under “One Day, One Road”.

Each day, city traffic police identify two stretches of roads -- one in the northern part of the city and another in the southern side.

Additional police personnel are posted on these stretches early in the morning so that they could bring disciplined parking of two-wheelers and four-wheelers.

“This is just to ensure that there is only one layer of parking and that too only on one side of the road,” the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic), D. Kumar said.

Right from Inspector of Police (Traffic), Sub-Inspectors of Police and men are available on these roads. The officials talk to the shopkeepers and encourage their staff members to park the vehicles at the designated parking lots so that the space on the roads are used by the customers.

This measure is aimed at preventing double layer or triple layer of parking which eats into the carriage way thus obstructing the free-flow of traffic, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Selvin.

The deployment of additional manpower on select roads ensures that the disciplined parking is maintained throughout the day.