Bangalore traffic police has been conferred the Award for Excellence. The Centre's urban development ministry lauded the city traffic cops for adopting best practices for improving urban mobility through B-TRAC project.

The components of B-TRAC are installation of 179 surveillance cameras to monitor traffic movement; installation of five enforcement cameras to check traffic violations; installation of 20 variable messaging systems for dissemination of traffic information; automation enforcement for transparency in booking of cases; establishment of state-of-the-art traffic management centres to supervise and manage traffic flow.

Apart from these components of B-TRAC, citizen-friendly initiatives like creation of Citizen’s Forum, web-based interaction with citizens and innovative traffic circulation plans were also considered for award.

The Award for Excellence carries cash prize of `2.5 lakh. Home and transport minister R Ashoka received the award on behalf of the Bangalore traffic police from Kamal Nath, Union minister for urban development, on Tuesday in New Delhi.

Source : DNA, Dec 8, 2011