Managing traffic through Technology

Published : TechGig In our latest Technology for People series, we narrate how IT is improving effective policing. His sun-burnt face lit up at the sight of visitors. “Please have a seat,” he said before turning his attention to the array of computer screens in front of him. Basanna Bajanthri, a Bangalore traffic cop for ...

Hike parking charges to solve traffic woes: Praveen Sood

Published : DNA Beginning today, DNA will interact every week with experts on traffic, crime, and law and order issues to defog citizens’ concerns. This week we focus on parking menace and how it’s shrinking carriageways. Additional commissioner of police (traffic) Praveen Sood tells DNA that parking is at the root of city’s traffic ills. What ...

Junction improvement speeds up traffic

Published : Times of India The citys traffic police are improving junctions to make the traffic flow easier and faster.B S Manu Rao reports An important component of BTRAC – an initiative of the traffic police to improve the traffic conditions in the city – is junction improvement.Not much is spoken of this aspect of ...

Make erring cops pay : Praveen Sood, additional commissioner of traffic

Published : DNA  Traffic police personnel stationed near traffic signals are only allowed to book motorists driving rashly or jumping red lights, additional commissioner of traffic Praveen Sood clarified on Wednesday. The officer made this statement following complaints of traffic police personnel stopping and checking vehicular documents in such areas, causing jams in the process. ...

Pay Challan or be dragged to court

Pay Challan or be dragged to court
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Bangalore 360 Degrees zeroed in on Praveen Sood

Published : Deccan Herald Bangalore 360 Degrees zeroed in on Praveen Sood, the Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic & Security), to ascertain his informed views on the traffic situation in Bangalore… Here are excerpts: DH: What is your perception of traffic in Bangalore? PS: It’s definitely chaotic. Reason is simple: there are more vehicles. There are ...

A man with a mission Interview with Mr Praveen Sood, Mysore City Police Chief

Published : Our Karnataka Ever since Mysore city came under the Commissionerate in the year 1989, many Police Commissioners have come and gone. Some served the city well. Some others just served their terms and left. The permanent residents of the city will certainly remember those Police Commissioners, who served the city well, leaving behind ...