Several roads in Mysore have been declared one-way, but the police are
not paying enough attention to enforcing strict one-way traffic.
Vehicles going the wrong way for short distances on busy roads such as
D.D. Urs Road and Kalidasa Road are common. This is causing great danger
to law-abiding drivers.
Similarly, road dividers have been installed on several roads but again
one-way traffic on the two halves of the road is not being enforced
properly. This may lead to accidents. The photo shows KRS Road opposite
CFTRI Main Gate. There is no break in the road divider here and so all
vehicles leaving the western entrance of the Railway Station should
proceed south towards Dasappa Circle. Vehicles intending to go north
towards Akashvani should take a U-turn at LIC building or better still
at Dasappa Circle itself. But many drivers are too lazy or arrogant to
take the longer route. Instead, they are proceeding northwards against
the oncoming traffic for about 30 meters where the road divider ends. We hope that the police would take action to
stop this dangerous habit.
D.V. Dayanand Sagar, Mysore Grahakara Parishat