Truck breakdown causes jam on Jamshedpur’s Mango Bridge

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, Jan. 30: Commuters today faced a tough time due to a traffic snarl which continued for about two hours from 10.30 am. The affected spots included the Mango bridge (Jai Prakash Narayan Setup) , Dimna Road and Subernarekha Link Road (or Old Court Road).

Breakdown of a truck near the bridge choked traffic on the bridge and the connecting roads. Problem began as a truck developed a technical snag when it reached near the bridge from NH-33 via the Dimna Road when the No Entry regulation was relaxed at 10.30 am.

A long queue of vehicles including trucks, cars and two-wheelers could be seen on either side of the bridge – at the Dimna Road at one end and Subernarekha Link Road on the other besides the bridge. Traffic moved at a snails pace.

The commuters complained that often they confront with such situation. Long queue of vehicles including trucks, trailers, auto-rickshaws, cars and two-wheelers could be seen at the Mango bridge and the approach roads– Dimna Road, Pardih Road, Old Court Road and Bhuiyandih Road.

The office-goers and others too faced a tough time crossing through the bridge. Many of them got delayed in reching their offices. Due to the jam the No Entry regulations could not be followed today.

�Traffic management is one of the biggest challenges. Traffic diversion which the traffic administration is talking off as part of arrangement during the important days is nothing but, doing the duty for the name sake,� said commuter.

A section of commuters also blamed the traffic department for its inability to control the situation. �There would not have been such a chaos had there been traffic constables to manage the situation,” complained a commuter. Traffic police were deployed to control the situation two hours after the jam began. A section of youths also volunteered in managing the traffic.

A traffic constable deployed on the Mango bridge admitted the fact that traffic congestion have become a regular phenomenon. ” With expansion programmes of Tata Steel and other companies, there has been a rise in the number of heavy vehicles. The pitiable road condition is also to be blamed as it often causes breakdown of vehicles,” he said .