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Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 28: Smooth traffic flow became a casualty during the Shobha Yatra held on the eve of Shri Guru Ravi Dass Jayanti even as the city traffic police failed to do anything to manage the traffic. Serpentine queues of vehicles were seen in congested roads of the city, especially Kachi Chawni , Panjtirthi and all the adjoining areas which witnessed the worst traffic chaos in the afternoon.
Serpentine queues of vehicles were seen on the roads leading to prominent spots of the city.
One-way traffic enforced by the city traffic police to regulate traffic in various parts of the city backfired as instead of easing the traffic it unleashed chaos.
Despite knowing that there would be a lot of pressure on roads owing to the Shobha Yatra that had to pass from many city areas, the traffic police had not made any arrangements to check chaos on the roads.
There were no diversions, no extra traffic police and the residents were seen grappling with the problem themselves.
"This is how the enforcement agencies treat their responsibilities. They should have done something. Instead, they keep on bragging about the number of challans they issue every day. What is the fun if despite paying them from the state exchequer, they are not helping the residents even on such days as today," said Davinder Singh, a resident.
He said he was caught up in the traffic for an hour. But nobody came to his rescue.
Many felt that they had made a mistake stepping out of their homes. Even the ambulances had to take a longer route.
Women were the worst hit, as besides being caught in the gridlock, they were harassed by eve-teasers who took advantage of the chaos.
“There is hardly anywhere to move and to top it all a bunch of eve-teasers have made my life miserable. I have no option but to push aside people for space,” said Ritu Sahni, a resident of Talab Tillo , who was here for shopping.
The chaos also led to pollution and unnecessary loss of fuel as vehicles remained stranded or moved at snail’s pace. Those who had to deal the most with pollution were two-wheeler riders and pedestrians.
Mamta, while trying to clam down her 2-yr-old son who had suffered a bout of cough due to pollution, said: “My son is suffering from bronchitis and I was taking him to the doctor. But we are now stuck in a traffic jam I don’t know where to go.”
However, the city came to a standstill and commuters faced tough time for around three hours due to long traffic jams because of the Shobha Yatra.
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