India, July 30 -- LUCKNOW Hours after assuming charge as Lucknow's new police commissioner on Wednesday, 2001-batch IPS officer Tarun Gauba outlined a sweeping agenda to revitalise city policing, placing the alleviation of severe traffic congestion and the dismantling of organised cybercrime syndicates at the top of his priority list.

Addressing his inaugural press conference at the Police Lines, Gauba laid out a clear roadmap for the state capital. A primary focus will be overhauling the city's traffic management system. To improve commuter safety and curb road accidents, the commissioner proposed the immediate development of "zero-fatality corridors" and "zero-fatality districts".

He said the priorities laid down by the director gener...