Jaipur to get 4 ADCPs, 8 ACPs for traffic; Tonk Road to be turned into city’s first model traffic corridor

Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma has cleared a special action plan to strengthen and modernise traffic management in Jaipur, under which the city will get a larger traffic command structure, a 72-beat system, drone and CCTV-based monitoring and a dedicated model corridor on Tonk Road. The plan has been drawn up by Jaipur Traffic Police after a detailed study and field visits to traffic systems in major metro cities.

Under the administrative restructuring, the number of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) posts will be doubled from two to four, so that each police district in the city has its own ADCP (Traffic). The Assistant Commissioner of Police (Traffic) strength will rise from four to eight, providing two ACPs per police district for supervision, enforcement and coordination. The number of Traffic Inspectors will increase from 15 to 20, giving every police district an average of five Traffic Inspectors for local accountability and control.

Jaipur will be divided into 72 traffic beats, with clearly assigned responsibilities, higher staff deployment and a rationalised roster to ensure tighter control during peak hours and faster response. A regular monitoring, reporting and accountability system will be built at beat level.

To improve mobility on the ground, Traffic Inspectors will be given 20 specially designed modified motorcycles so that they can move quickly through congested stretches and intervene faster. Additional CCTV cameras linked to the Abhay Command Centre will be installed for real-time monitoring, drones will be used to track traffic flow and assess jams, and elements of the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) will be rolled out in phases. Traffic Inspectors will also get a modified uniform better suited to field duty.

In the first phase, the Tonk Road stretch from Yaadgaar to Sanganer will be developed as a “Model Traffic Corridor” that will serve as a benchmark for other major routes. Work on the corridor will be carried out in coordination with the municipal corporation and the Jaipur Development Authority, and will include road design improvements, closure of unnecessary and unsafe median openings, safe and continuous footpaths for pedestrians, and scientific redesign of U-turns and crossing points.

The plan also lists removal of encroachments from roads and footpaths, deployment of additional cranes to lift illegally parked vehicles, clear demarcation and notification of parking and no-parking zones, development of parking facilities at appropriate locations and installation of signage. Traffic signal timings will be made dynamic on the basis of actual traffic pressure, lane markings, zebra crossings and stop lines will be redrawn, and junctions will be reorganised on scientific lines.

Officers will be held to a performance-based evaluation system, with regular review of each reform measure and adjustments based on field feedback. The state has said sustained improvement in Jaipur’s traffic will depend on coordinated execution by the municipal corporation, JDA, Transport Department and the cooperation of the public.