Supported by Ballari residents, members of the Ballari City Corporation Council, led by Mayor Rajeshwari and member Prabhanjan Kumar, blocked the State Highway in front of the Traffic Police Station in the city on Wednesday as a token protest against what they said traffic mismanagement by the police.
The agitating corporators said that the district administration and the city police have completely failed to control the chaos on roads that has led to frequent road accidents and loss of lives.
“Heavy trucks move into the city, especially through the APMC Circle, during the day. As many as three accidents have been reported from the same area in the last three months. Recently, three of a family lost their lives in one of these accidents,” Mr. Prabhanjan Kumar, who represents Ward 3 in the civic body, said during the agitation.
