Parents take on the role of traffic assistants on busy road in Chennai
Parents at a school in Chennai have taken on the role of volunteer traffic assistants to manage congestion during school drop-off and pick-up hours. This long-standing initiative has evolved over the years to adapt to changing school infrastructure and traffic challenges.
Why it matters
It highlights community-led solutions to urban infrastructure problems in densely populated areas.
Four individuals put in a cameo every morning at Harris Road in Egmore as traffic assistants. These are not the government-recognised traffic wardens assisting the traffic police personnel on their beat, just parents seeking to streamline the flow of vehicles dropping off students at St. Anthony’s Anglo-Indian High School.
The article is a straightforward human-interest report on local community efforts.
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