During Invest Karnataka, some investors raised the issue of Bengaluru city’s traffic and said it was being talked about even in New York G. Parameshwara, Home Minister “There is a dire need to regulate the registration of new vehicles in the interest of managing the city’s traffic in future years,” he said, while describing the management of city’s traffic as a challenge for the police. The city would get 845 additional traffic police personnel this year, the Minister said. While the city had 3,200 police personnel for managing traffic, another 600 Home Guards too had been roped in to help. Replying to Janata Dal (Secular) member K. Gopalaiah during the Question Hour in the Legislative Assembly, the Home Minister noted that Bengaluru city already had 61.6 lakh vehicles.

Source: The Hindu July 06, 2016 00:03 UTC