nashik in the backdrop of rising chaos on city roads on account of the burgeoning population rise in the number of vehicles and continuous instances of traffic snarls the nashik municipal corporation nmc has decided to improve upon the infrastructure through a scientific survey of the city by its traffic cell though the post of traffic engineer is still vacant nashikites hope that ahead of the kumbh mela in 2015 the requisites for smoother vehicular movement left unattended for years together will be taken care of many issues like road signals absence of footpaths absence of dividers no proper planning for rickshaw stands etc are hampering traffic movement across the city for years the traffic cell of the nmc is expected to coordinate with the traffic police and the regional transport office rto to discuss various issues before setting up the infrastructure heres a list of pet peeves of nashikites that they would like to draw the attention of the establishment towards road signals there are signals at 25 road junctions in the city out of which seven have either been closed down due to their infeasibility or switched off following road widening on the mumbaiagra highway meanwhile the traffic department has proposed more signals at different spots to ease traffic congestion however a few signals that were put up at some places proved more troublesome than convenient for motorists a few years ago a signal at the dwarka junction where the mumbaiagra national highway intersects the nashikpune highway was made operational but the traffic department closed it down the signal at upnagar too proved troublesome and had to be shut down the traffic cell at the nmc is expected to consider all such aspects before putting up new signals road alignment road signals and road alignment go hand in hand in the city and the nmc has not yet found a solution for some points of the city where traffic jams are common during rush hours and neither the presence of traffic cops nor signals help the best example of such a problem is the chandak circle on trimbak road which sees continuous traffic jams during the evening hours during a recent meeting of dcp sunil phulari with mayor yatin wagh the dcp pointed out the issue to the mayor and asked him to take steps in this regard no footpaths another issue with regards to city roads is that no one bothers to keep in mind pedestrians who should have the first right on the road while designing roads in nashik city there are hardly any roads which have proper footpaths for pedestrians while a footpath was constructed on tilak path it is now being used for parking vehicles and by encroachers who sell food items and other petty articles pushing the pedestrians back on the busy and hence dangerous roads bad condition of dividers dividers are being breached for the convenience of a few there are a large number of complaints that the civic administration has punctured