The smart booths installed for Traffic Police at various squares are expected to be formally inaugurated by the end of this month.
In an effort to provide safe place for the traffic police personnel posted at various squares, the booths have been prepared. A report on the stability of the structure was also tested by experts from VNIT, Nagpur.
According to the sources at Nagpur Municipal Corporation, 24 booths have already been installed. The NMC in consultation with Traffic Police has planned to install 150 such booths at various places in Nagpur. Traffic Police were consulted before planning the installation of the booths, which besides providing security to the person deployed, will have a public address system. Regulating traffic would become easy for the police personnel posted at these squares. Personal security is also taken care of.
The booths near Dharampeth School, Dharampeth, and Shankar Nagar Square appear to be situated at the wrong places. The residents feel that these booths would cause problems instead of facilitating traffic police in controlling the traffic. A subscriber of The Live Nagpur has also sent a GPS map of the booth in front of Dharampeth School.