Traffic volume on rise in Imphal city : Transport Department
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, March 02 2012:
Due to ever increasing human population and number of motor vehicles plying on the roads, traffic volume in the state especially in and around Imphal city has increased dramatically over the last few years, according to information received from the state Department of Transport.
Sources in the Department maintained that the number of motor vehicles on the roads of Imphal city has increased dramatically and today most of the commuters who come in the city have their own vehicles, thereby giving a direct impact on the traffic volume of the city.
Traffic volume has increased from 3 CPU (Car Passengers Unit) to 4 CPU in the past one year.
There are more than 2 lakhs two-wheelers and four- wheelers in the state at present.
The present traffic volume in Imphal city has been calculated at 0.75 CPU for two-wheelers and 2.5 CPU for four-wheelers, sources pointed out.
Meanwhile, on the dramatic increase in the traffic volume in Imphal over the years, an official of the Department has cited increase in the number of private vehicles and lack of knowledge over proper land use system among the people as the main factors.
Moreover, people have no concern over proper parking of their vehicles, the official said, while urging the people to follow traffic rules and park their vehicles properly only in the parking spaces provided.