Mumbai: Large traffic congestion was reported at Western Express Highway and later in South Mumbai on Thursday because President of Ram Nath Kovind arrived at a four-day visit to Maharashtra.
The driver is delayed at least one hour.
Among the vehicles trapped in congestion at weh are ambulances.
Babelnath said the police would not even let them cross the road on foot.
“We took two and a half hours to reach the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra from our home in Borivali and finally missed the appointment of our doctor.
There was an ambulance trapped in growm with us at Weh like a trip to the airport.
The south of Weh was fully jammed while the northern path was emptied .
Why should the priority be given to VIP on the burden of ordinary people? “Activist Greens Cassandra Nazrath.
Many, such as Nazrath, were taken to social media to vent their anger on Thursday.
“Thank you to the Maharashtra government and Mumbai police to force Lakh Mumbaikars to meditate in the sun on both sides Weh for more than half an hour in Vile Parle and Andheri because of the VIP movement,” Tweeted Amit Chheda.
The driver said he was stuck in one place in Andheri for half an hour.
“Citizens living in the country’s financial capital cannot make their travel plans just because of the lack of facial intimacy from the authorities.
This is not done,” said another driver.
In Babelnath, locals said they were not allowed to cross the street on foot.
“My 78 year old father and I tried to go home to the Parsee colony in Babulnath when we were trapped in a taxi for an hour.
My father began to feel uncomfortable after some time and we had to get out of the vehicle sitting at the bus stop,” said Rayomand Zaiwala, a local resident .
Zaiwala said the opposite side of the road (arm going to Marine drive) was completely closed for traffic.
“I saw at least three old women who were banned by police from crossing the road to reach their home.
This is a vanity.
I don’t know where women have to wait long until the presidential convoy passed,” Zaiwala added.