Bengaluru: As construction activities surge across Bengaluru, residents express concerns about numerous trucks transporting materials without covering them. These vehicles, carrying M-Sand, jelly stones and cement, release dust particles during transit, affecting both the environment and the well-being of citizens, they said at Sanchara Samparka Divas, a police-public meet on traffic issues, in the west division of the city.Some complained while riding two-wheelers behind such trucks or even walking on pavements, dust particles from those trucks spray on their faces, causing visual disturbances and putting them at risk of road accidents.Police commissioner B Dayananda admitted even though rules mandate materials be covered with tarpaulin, most of them fail to do so.“We will work with the transport department to solve the issues,” he said. Speaking to TOI, he said they are working on the proposal to ban movement of trucks across the city during the day. Joint commissioner of police (traffic) MN Anuchet added traffic police are prohibiting heavy goods vehicles from entering the city or roaming inside the city during morning and evening peak hours. “The condition applies to heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) weighing more than 7.5 tonnes. Between Jan 2024 and March 2025, we caught 823 trucks for violating the peak hour prohibition rule,” he said. This year, till the end of March, 211 cases were booked against errant truck drivers.During the interaction, citizens complained BMTC buses are not stopping at Bellada Hanumantappa bus shelter, opposite Janapriya Apartment in Sunkadakatte. Traffic police officials from Kamakshipalya station said many BMTC drivers, on noticing the green light at the junction about 100 metres away from the bus shelter, drive away without stopping. “The green light remains for 30 seconds, and on missing it, they will have to wait 120 seconds. This is the reason why they don’t stop,” they said, adding they will hold talks with BMTC to shift the bus shelter to Magadi Main Road, around 150 metres away. Participants also complained about double parking in lanes in and around Magadi Road, Sunkadakatte, Kamakshipalya, Vijayanagar and Basaveshwaranagar, and innumerable potholes. “Because of potholes, vehicles are forced to move slowly, causing traffic jams during peak hours,” they said.