Bengaluru: No Vehicle Day observed in HSR Layout
Bengaluru, Sept 20: It was an unusual and peaceful day on Sunday, Sept 20 for the residents of HSR Layout in south-east Bengaluru.
For a change, there was no traffic, no pollution and no noise on the otherwise heavily-traffic laden roads of HSR Layout.
Only cycle riding people, playing and enjoying children were seen on the roads, as the entire area came to a life and the streets were reclaimed.
The 31-year-old locality remained close for private vehicles from 6 am to 9 pm. To make the Open Streets-Bengaluru initiative a successful one, Department of Urban Land Transport (DULT), BMTC, traffic police, police department, BMRC, department of forest ecology and environment, tourism department, BBMP and Karnataka State Pollution Control Board joined hands together.
Residents of HSR Layout happily tweeted pics of #NoVehicleDay and #OpenStreets. Here are some pics posted on Facebook and Twitter.
Posted by Kaagaz Foundation on Saturday, September 19, 2015
Streets
of
HSR
Layout
as
we
tweet
#NoVehicleDay
,
let's
reclaim
our
streets
today.
@WeAreBangalore
@citizenmatters
pic.twitter.com/aMoJn9KmM2
—
HSR
Layout
(@WeAreHSRLayout)
September
20,
2015
This
is
what
#Bangalore
should
emulate
across.
#NoVehicleDay
at
@WeAreHSRLayout
@WeAreBangalore
pic.twitter.com/a8BEg7aZyz
—
Sudhakar
Rao
(@sudhakar10)
September
20,
2015
Finally
I
can
hear
the
sound
of
silence
#NoVehicleDay
—
Aman
Prakash
Mohla
(@amanmohla)
September
20,
2015
@WeAreHSRLayout
@BlrCityPolice
#NoVehicleDay
initiative
is
awesome.
Pls
B
+
Let's
have
more
per
month
and
more
per
week.
@NikhilG03
Chk
this
—
Vinoth
Kumar
(@vinothkc)
September
20,
2015
#NoVehicleDay
in
Tavarakere
please.
#openstreet
#bangalore
—
Rajkiran
(@saantoryuu)
September
20,
2015
Even
@hsrlayoutbcp
cops
cycled
today
HSR
#NoVehicleDay
:)
@BlrCityPolice
pic.twitter.com/XozaAqGbpB
—
HSR
Layout
(@WeAreHSRLayout)
September
20,
2015
#NoVehicleDay
🚧🚲😇
@
HSR
Layout
https://t.co/0QW0Q2goiI
—
Aakash
Bapna
(@_aakash)
September
20,
2015
No
private
vehicles
allowed
in
HSR
Layout
today!
—
Anoop
Narayanan
(@anoopan)
September
20,
2015
Kids
enjoying
a
Bullock
cart
ride
#openstreet
#hsrlayout
pic.twitter.com/fm26P6WJEH
—
Jagannath
Moorthy
(@jaganm)
September
20,
2015
A
big
thank
you
to
the
volunteers
of
#cycleday
@
HSR
Layout
for
giving
up
their
Sunday
in
order
to
let
residents
reclaim
streets
:-)
—
Bhavna
Kumar
(@bhavna_kumar)
September
20,
2015
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