Frequent traffic jams give tough time to commuters in Ganderbal

Ganderbal, May 18: Commuters continue to face a tough time due to regular and frequent traffic jams in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. “Frequent traffic jams at the Nagbal-Beehama stretch and Beehama-Duderhama cause immense problems to people including employees and students. Even ambulances are frequently stuck in traffic jams here putting lives of patients at risk,” said a group of commuters.

Pertinently, despite tall claims, authorities have failed to streamline traffic at the intersection. Due to the delay in road widening, unending traffic congestion occurs daily that lasts for hours. The problem mainly occurs from SP office to Beehama Chowk and Tawheed chowk. “Frequent unending traffic jams have drastically affected our lives and business. The worst affected are the government employees and students,” locals told Greater Kashmir. The menace of regular traffic jams consumes the precious time of students also. “We never reach school in time due to the frequent traffic jams”, Ishfaq Manzoor a student said. The locals say that at many places the road along Nagbal-Beehama stretch is too narrow, which also compounds the problem. “We appeal the higher authorities to look into the matter and address our grievances,” they added. The locals further said that with hardly few functional parking slots in the town here, the parked vehicles occupy the roads, leading to chaos and frequent traffic jams at the district headquarters. The commuters and locals have urged the government to pace up the process for road widening and till then additional traffic cops should be deployed at critical junctions to avoid traffic jams .