nagpur after a wait of three years the purpose of starting the childrens traffic park at dharampeth will be finally fulfilled with accidents on the rise and increasing cases of rash driving and violation of traffic rules by youngsters the traffic park operator traffic police and nagpur municipal corporation nmc have finally decided to act they will educate schoolchildren and youngsters about traffic rules and regulations and principles of safe driving at the traffic park from april 1 between 5 and 9pm the park was set up here with the initiative of then corporator vikas alias baba maind to educate students and children about traffic rules it was inaugurated on february 27 2009 every evening the park has hundreds of visitors including schoolchildren college students youngsters and senior citizens too but in three years the main objective of educating people about traffic rules and safety measures has never been implemented the park had been reduced to an ordinary garden and place to enjoy with the private contractor generating huge revenue baba maind said a traffic cop will now be on duty at the main square inside the park from 5pm to 9pm to teach children traffic rules the cop will also guide parents about stop lines zebra crossings yellow border line and other rules from april 15 a power point presentation on traffic awareness will also be shown at the auditoriumcumcinema hall that can accommodate at least 50 people and on a large screen in the garden maind added the cop and a few traffic wardens to be posted at the park will use the artificial roads and squares already created in the park to teach children guidelines on driving or walking on the road two large hoardings showing all traffic signs will also be on display at the garden city traffic police have also agreed to share the responsibility of regulating traffic outside the park the road outside the park has become a place for youngsters to hang out with twowheelers parked on the road haphazardly leading to traffic blockages cops have decided to initiate action against such youngsters maind claimed nmc and traffic police will now together remove encroachments and create a perfect traffic education park maind said that residents have since long been demanding deployment of traffic police personnel near the park with the traffic park operator police and municipal corporation joining hands the traffic in the area would now be regulated he said entry fee to park hiked to rs 5 from april 1 nmc has allowed the private contractor operating the traffic park to charge 5 as entry fee from april 1 from every person instead of the present fee of 2 parents will also be charged 3 each while accompanying children in the play zone the park contractor said nmc has asked him to start paying the electricity and water bill and maintenance cost for the park so he has been allowed to increase the entrance fee to 5 and playing zone fee to