Bedi asks traffic police to learn English and Hindi to guide tourists

Puducherry, March 11

Puduchery Lt governor Kiran Bedi suggested that the traffic police personnel here should learn English and Hindi to communicate effectively with tourists arriving here and guide them.

Addressing a meeting of traffic police officers here today, the former IPS officer said that traffic police should be trained to communicate with tourists in English and Hindi.

She said the traffic police should be strict in enforcing the rules whether it is encroachment of the road by the poor man or parking of vehicles by the rich.

Puducherry Government had in November said that the Centre has earmarked Rs 109 crore to promote tourism projects under ‘Swadesh Darshan’ in the Union Territory, a former French colony which attracts a large number of tourists across the globe. — PTI