Rallies and religious procession carried out by various organisations disrubted vehicular traffic in the State capital on Saturday. Despite Doon traffic police did their best to manage the traffic by way of putting barricades at various places and diverting roads, the commuters had a harrowing time due to mile-long snarls. The large number of people attended in the processions of lord Sri Jagannath that began from Parade Ground and passed through various crossings in city.
Besides, protests and rallies were carried out by members of various organisations — like Women’s wing of State Congress Party, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, Swaraj Abhiyan, a group formed by ousted AAP leaders and others compounded the traffic mess at various crossings in the State capital. Especially during noon, vehicles moved at a snail’s pace and public transports took over an hour more to reach their destinations. long queue of vehicles were seen stuck up at various crossings in the city, especially when the rally was on. Police looked more engaged in keeping order rather than unclog the traffic snarl. Policemen acted as `disinterested spectators, Sohan Bisht resident of Kewal Vihar. “The traffic police seemed to have been caught unaware with the snarl causing traffic to crawl,” said Roshan Bhatt, Dalanwala.
However, vehicles were found stuck up at Survey Chowk, Dilaram Chowk, Doon Hospital, Darshan lal Chowk, Haridwar Road, Prince Chowk, Bindal, Clock Tower, Rispana, Balliwala, Ballupur, Saharanpur Chowk, Prince Chowk, Patelnagar Chowk, ISBT and some other places.