Bhopal traffic needs smaller rotaries

Several squares of Bhopal have rotaries, which are not only have large circumference, but even have strangely big heights, which are much above the eye level of person driving a car or scooter.

One who is driving cannot see across rotaries and it becomes a cause of many road accidents in Bhopal. ‘Obstructive rotaries’ as they are called now, though look good, but are mainly place to erect statues of important dignitaries. But naturally whenever that happens the same is inaugurated by eminent politician and also gets him good public image.

In the process of showing the city beautiful and pleasing political leaders the planners of the city never realized that they are building obstructive rotaries that will hamper and obstruct traffic. Some rotaries in Bhopal are just out of proportion with the road width, some do not leave any place for pedestrians, while few are squares on slope. Rotaries were also needed everywhere, some crossing could have done without rotaries by putting up a simple signal light system. Eagerness to install statue, state bodies went with construction of these rotaries.

Though the solution lies in removing statues, making these rotaries smaller and smart. And in place where they are not required install a simple traffic management system. Problem is that decision like this needs a strong will as it involves removing statues of dignitaries, which could be erected again in a park. But also is the justification as to why all these rotaries were build in first place, few of them have been very recent. Though proposal have been mooted and one rotary in Bhopal as been made smaller. But issue is that we need to do it as soon as possible or else we will be loosing lives of people on roads.