At a time when Bengaluru city traffic police are issuing guidelines to various establishments to hire private guards to regulate traffic and parking, the Outer Ring Road Companies’ Association (ORRCA), which represents all companies on Outer Ring Road (ORR), is helping the traffic police and civic authorities to manage traffic by deploying marshals on the 20-km stretch.
Every morning, around 7 a.m., 25 marshals hired and trained by ORRCA will arrive at Bellandur and divide their work under four jurisdictional traffic police stations on ORR and start managing the traffic along with the police. Apart from ORR, the marshals will also manage traffic on arterial and sub-arterial roads near the ORR.
Speaking to The Hindu, Krishna Kumar Gowda, operations manager, ORRCA, said: “They have been working tirelessly for the last 12 years to manage traffic with the police. Now, we have also trained them to be civic warriors where they will also tackle civic issues.”
