New traffic diversion plan leads to chaos in Srinagar

The road from Bemina to Lal Chowk, via Batamaloo, remained choked on the first working day of the week as the new traffic diversion plan formulated in the wake of ongoing Jehangir Chowk- Rambagh flyover construction works came into effect today. The Bemina-Batamaloo road was jammed with passenger busses and private vehicles during the morning rush hour. The 5 km journey from Bemina, a major residential neighbourhood on the city outskirts, to Jehangir Chowk took nearly an hour as traffic moved at a snail’s pace. Two major bottlenecks were witnessed…

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