AGARTALA, June 13 (TIWN): Agartala on Monday saw huge traffic chaos due to sudden diversion of route for vehicle movement from Battala due to flyover construction work. Messy roads, huge number of vehicles, irregular parking has led to massive traffic jam in the city giving tough time to common people. Talking to TIWN correspondent, SP traffic Smriti Ranjan Das said that due to the flyover construction traffic movement has taken a bad shape in the city however; traffic department is adopting every possible measure to provide smooth traffic movement. He further said that number of vehicles have increased in the city. Along with the public vehicles personal vehicles are also running in huge number in the streets of Agartala further rising the traffic jam across the city. Considering the construction of fly-over work which undergoes in full-swing at Battala-Bordowali area, and further coupled with limited road infrastructure and paucity of parking space, has been playing havoc with the traffic management in the city on Monday morning. For the travelers it is a Herculean task to cross the junction over the Howrah Bridge particularly during the peak hours due to gigantic traffic jam.

With the beginning of the construction work of the fly-over work, the chaos of traffic congestion has become a regular course.  

Many of the auto drivers simply denied for carrying passengers as it takes at least 30 to 45 minutes to cross the road from Bordowali to Battala due to the massive traffic jam.  And that who has carried passengers from Kamper bazaar, Amatali, Badharghat and siddhi Asharm has adopted a separate route to drop the passengers at Battala via Chowdhury mill side lane.

Unauthorized parking of vehicles over the Howrah Bridge and on the roads is creating the chaos throughout the area making the movement of general public difficult. With ever-increasing number of vehicles, commuters are risking their lives daily by travelling in these road beasts not knowing whether they will safely reach their homes back. The daily travelling is not only frustrating, but a harrowing experience.

Loading and unloading of the passengers at the no-parking zone created mismanagement in the traffic movement. Thousands of vehicles remained stranded on the roads till 2 pm while the entire Battala town was virtually choked resulting into a chaos like situation there since Monday morning.

Carelessness attitude of Tripura Traffic and Police Department is responsible for this traffic jam on Monday morning.  Public has been suffering immensely day after day and it is expected that it will continue until the construction of flyover comes to an end.  Traffic department is least bothered to take any action for curbing the tension of traffic jam at Battala.