Hyderabad Police chief highlights urgent need to clear encroachments and parking obstructions

 Approximately 88 lakh vehicles are currently operating in Hyderabad, with an additional 1,500 vehicles being registered daily, said Hyderabad police chief C.V. Anand during a coordination meeting held on Wednesday on Operation ROPE (Removal of Obstructive Parking and Encroachments).

The meeting, held at the old commissioner of police office in Purani Haveli, Chatta Bazar, had MLAs, corporators, civic officials and police officers from the South, South East, and South West Zones of the Hyderabad Commissionerate to discuss solutions for traffic congestion caused by illegal parking and encroachments.

Commissioner Anand attended the meeting as the chief guest and outlined the challenges faced by the city due to the rapid increase in vehicle numbers. He emphasised the need to remove encroachments on footpaths and carriageways, which are often occupied by pushcarts, vendors and establishments, resulting in significant traffic disruptions.

The Commissioner urged MLAs and other public representatives to cooperate in addressing these issues to improve road safety and ease traffic flow in Hyderabad.

The meeting was attended by MLAs, including Akbaruddin Owaisi (Chandrayangutta), Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala (Malakpet), Mohd Majeed Hussain (Nampally), Kausar Mohiuddin (Karwan), Mir Zulfeqar Ali (Charminar), Jaffar Hussain (Yakutpura) and Mohammed Mubeen (Bahadurpura) along with concerned Corporators. Senior officials from the Hyderabad Traffic Police and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), including Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) P. Vishwa Prasad, DCP Traffic-III R. Venkateswarlu, DCP South Zone Sneha Mehra, DCP South East Zone Patil Kantilal Subhash and Charminar Zonal Commissioner T. Venkanna also participated in the programme.