Monday, November 28, 2011

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial that was published in Newsband


Two problems of Palm Beach Road
Palm Beach Road of Navi Mumbai is in the news for two reasons. One reason is the danger that vehicle drivers on that road have to face. The second reason is the unauthorized buildings that exist along that road.
Navi Mumbai traffic police department will have to take drastic steps to prevent the numbers of accidents that take place on Palm Beach Road. The vehicle drivers tend to speed on this road. This results in many drivers losing control of their vehicles and ramming into other vehicles resulting in life-threatening accidents. To prevent this from happening, the curve of every chowk existing on this road should be widened. The lane for vehicles joining Palm Beach Road should have a divider separating the lane which will make it easy for the vehicles to go ahead without any obstruction of another vehicle coming from behind. Also bollards should be installed at the chowk. Rumble strips with thermoplastic paint and blinking cat eyes will control the speed of the vehicles avoiding any kind of accidents. The rumble strips will make drivers brake their vehicles and slow down for a moment and avoid ramming into other vehicles. A separate bus lane should be made. Space to make this bus lane should be created by shifting the bus stops on this road a few feet backwards. The bus lane should be marked so that there is no congestion when a bus stops there. The length of the divider opposite NRI colony should be increased so that vehicles taking a U-turn will not ram into vehicles coming from the direction of NRI. Crash barriers should be installed at all turns of dividers. All 'kachcha roads' joining Palm Beach Road except the one at Karave should be closed so that vehicles joining the Palm Beach Road from these roads do not fall victim to accidents. The Vashi Bridge on Palm Beach Road should have a signboard mentioning the names of places it goes to.
It appears that there are some unauthorized buildings on Palm Beach Road. It is alleged that FSI theft has taken place along this road. To confirm this matter NMMC should conduct audit test. A random audit test by an outside agency is necessary to douse suspicions. The issue of irregularities at buildings along the road has cropped up quite many times. Either these buildings should regularize their construction or theses structures should be demolished.
It is hoped that NMMC will solve at the earliest these two problems relating to traffic and unauthorized buildings along Palm Beach Road.

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