The arrival of rains in the city brought relief from the scorching heat for everyone but doubled the work of traffic policemen since Monday.
With inundation being reported on many major roads, flyovers, and underpasses across the city with every downpour, traffic police are risking their lives to facilitate vehicular movement. Two policemen attached to R.T. Nagar traffic station escaped with minor injuries while clearing an uprooted tree during the rain when desperate motorcycle riders knocked them down in a bid to pass through the blocked roads on Wednesday.
“We are not trained for this job, but we have to do it to ensure free flow of traffic and ensure no traffic jams on the road,” a police officer who was clearing a tree fell on the busy R.T. Nagar road, said.
