Mangaluru: City Police Commissioner T.R. Suresh on Friday said a service road will be provided for movement of small vehicles from Malemar Junction to Kottara Chowki on National Highway 66.

Interacting with reporters after the weekly phone-in programme here, the Commissioner said that currently vehicles from Malemar Junction ply in the direction opposite to the traffic flow on the carriageway towards Pumpwell. Though police book cases, the practice has been going on as otherwise vehicle users have to move till Kuntikana Junction to take a u-turn towards Kottara Chowki.

He asked traffic police to allow only small vehicles on the service road while buses have to ply via Kuntikana Junction.

He also directed the traffic police to shift the bus shelter near Hampanakatte traffic signal a little behind, in front of the J.V. Son’s building, to prevent clogging of the Hampanakatte Main Road.