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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 2
Normal vehicular movement on city roads virtually came to standstill following poor traffic arrangements during ‘Nagar Kirtan’ procession here today.
Commuters and pedestrians had a tough time since early morning and the worst-affected were the office-goers who took hours to reach their respective destinations.
Besides, over dozens vehicles, mainly private cars, also got damaged due to non-availability of men in blues (traffic cops) on vital intersections and roundabouts.
Though the routes for taking out processions were identified earlier, yet “inefficiency” of the traffic department came to fore when all city roads virtually got choked and the diversions made by the traffic department proved futile.
Further, collision of vehicles on different roads further deteriorated the situation and it led to serpentine queues which took hours together to get clearance.
“It was simply chaos and confusion on all roads heading towards Gandhi Nagar area from Old city. The traffic department should have made adequate arrangements so that commuters and pedestrians don’t face any problem. Traffic cops were not deployed on important intersections and roundabouts,” Arun Sharma, an engineer told Early Times.
He questioned, “If the authorities was aware that situation might hit city roads during the procession, why it did not deploy extra manpower to ensure smooth flow of traffic?”
Amit Manhas, a student pursuing higher education from University of Jammu, said, “Earlier, the department used to issue notifications regarding diversions was to be made on city roads before any religious procession or cultural programme on national holidays. This time, no such notification was issued to make general public aware about the diversions made on roads that probably-be the main reason of today’s chaos and mismanagement.”
He further said, “As I took one and half hours to cover a distance of three kilometers, you can well image what was the situation of traffic on roads.”
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