Khilgaon flyover or a criminal den?

On the other hand, the flyover has also become some sort of a recreation zone for the local people. They throng in hundreds after dark fancying to breathe fresh air and buying goodies hawked extensively around. All this is improper, because a flyover should be used for the purpose it was built. Who is supposed to ensure that traffic rules are obeyed on the flyover? Does anyone care that converging on it in large numbers can cause fatal accidents?

It now seems obvious that there is no police vigil on the highway at any time of the day. The funniest part of the whole scenario is that in the case of any mugging or accident, the local people do not know which police station to go to. It might sound hard to believe, but the fact is that at least three entry and exit points of the flyover have fallen under the jurisdiction of three different police stations. No one knows for sure who is responsible for patrolling which part of the flyover. In an absurd situation like this, the criminals are having a field-day. The authorities should immediately have a designated, preferably unified, police authority to address the security concerns. Alternatively, a police station situated in the closest proximity of the flyover could perhaps be given full charge of maintaining law and order there.

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