This story is from May 20, 2015

Flyover making builds up traffic nightmare

The ongoing work on flyover linking Lohia Path to Vibhuti Khand is causing much trouble to commuters. In the last leg of construction, work on landing portion of the flyover is underway. As a result, Uttar Pradesh Setu Nirman Nigam (Bridge Corporation) has put up barricades along both carriageways leaving just a lane available for commuters.
Flyover making builds up traffic nightmare
LUCKNOW: The ongoing work on flyover linking Lohia Path to Vibhuti Khand is causing much trouble to commuters. In the last leg of construction, work on landing portion of the flyover is underway. As a result, Uttar Pradesh Setu Nirman Nigam (Bridge Corporation) has put up barricades along both carriageways leaving just a lane available for commuters.
Presence of debris on the roadside adds to the chaos.
On Tuesday, people braved traffic snarls during peak morning hours for up to 15 minutes and in the evening during the spell of rain and hail. A beeline of motor vehicles was seen between Lohia hospital crossing and PICUP building turn.
Excavators were pressed into service to dig up the road and traffic movement was hit in the morning for 45 minutes. Traffic cops on the stretch were busy regulating vehicular movement around PICUP turn on Lohia Path and towards Lohia hospital.
Already, commuters are forced to take a longer route to reach their destinations in phase-II of Gomtinagar. Commuters heading towards the second phase via railway overbridge cannot take direct right turn towards Indira Gandhi Pratisthan since early this year. Instead, commuters have to go all the way to Polytechnic and come back to PICUP building to head towards Vibhuti Khand.
Additional superintendent of traffic police Brajesh Mishra said, “Condition worsened around the stretch due to presence of two Bada Mangal bhandara stalls in close proximity. Crowd kept gathering at the bhandaras and led to snarls for a brief while in the morning.”
Many offices are present in the commercial building around Lohia hospital and traffic movement on the stretch is at its peak between 9.30am to noon. Anurag Upadhyay, a commuter who works for a
real estate company said, “Though I have got used to some inconvenience situation on Tuesday was really bad. Everyone knows people set up shops on the roadside on Bada Mangal and precautions could have been taken in advance.”
SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS
Remove or shift barricades along carriageways to leave more space for cars
Create a gap in the road divider temporarily opposite Madhurima sweetmeat shop
People to have option of taking internal road to reach offices instead of braving jams
Restrict use of earth moving vehicles during peak office hours
BADA JAM ON MANGAL
Mishra added that traffic bottlenecks were felt throughout the day in various parts of the city. In the afternoon hundreds of commuters got stuck in Daliganj area and additional police force had to be summoned to clear traffic. Similarly, pressure on internal roads of Hazratganj increased in the evening hours. Commuters were seen getting stuck in Dalibagh area, Mirabai Marg, Sapru Marg and Shahnajaf road between 5pm and 7pm.
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