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A proposal to decentralise the city traffic division functioning at Pattom by trifurcating it – into north, south and central sub-divisions – is on the anvil.“The city is expanding rapidly. Thiruvananthapuram: With the state capital transforming at a fast pace, the city police have been working on plans to deal with the growing traffic on city roads. Senior officials are also of the opinion that the changing needs could be met with effective deployment of available man power. The north sub-division would come up at Kazhakkoottam and the south sub-division at Fort limits, he said.The IT Hub at Kazhakkoottam is growing at a rapid pace, with Technopark Phase III and Technocity campus that are coming up here. With the latest cabinet decision shifting responsibility of investigation of accident cases from the traffic police to local police, such a major change in the system may not be necessary, opined a senior IPS officer..