Senior CPI (M) leader M Y Tarigami on Saturday urged the Governor’s administration to fine tune the standard operating procedures for the movement of convoys.
In a statement Tarigami said, “Restrictions on movement of private vehicles during the movement of security forces convoys on the highway is giving tough time to the commuters and causing heavy traffic jams. The commuters who travel towards their respective workplaces have to wait for a long duration till the convoy passes the area. Patients, who have to reach to the hospitals for treatment are the worst suffers while students, office goers and businessmen too have to bear the brunt of traffic restrictions.”
He said that the “security concerns are to be taken into consideration, but at the same time it should not be problematic for common people. The convoy movement timings must be devised so as there is no inconvenience to general public. There is a need to fine-tune and polishing the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the movement of security forces convoys so as there is no clash with the movement of civilian traffic. The timing of the security forces’ convoy could be fixed such that it is different than the timing when highways and other roads witness peak civilian traffic movement.”