Chennai: Towards an extended weekend, the shopping area in the city and highway covering the suburbs choked on traffic on Thursday night.
The government stated Friday vacation because Muharram and Onam were celebrated until Monday.
So, the textile unit, retail store, flowers and fruit shops in areas such as T Nagar and Purasawalkam are full of people after office hours that lead to piles of traffic on arterial roads.
The availability of cabins is also affected because the driver takes longer than expected to take or deliver passengers.
In some parts of South Chennai, at least there is a price of 20% surge after 6pm.
Autos also made murder.
People who plan a short vacation trip to the resort at ECR and Puducherry use Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), causing growling traffic at several intersections in the IT corridor including the SRP tool, Thoraipakkam and Sholingallur.
Toll gate and construction work on OMR and ECR worsen congestion because the car must wait for 30 minutes longer than usual to cross the stretch of 10 km between Taramani and Sholinganallur, said S Tidel Park.
The big part of the Grand Southern Trunk (GST) is tied in Snarls traffic.
Request personal buses to the southern district such as Madurai, Tirunelveli and Tuticorin soared, with bus operators at Koyambedu Bus Terminals that sell tickets with ₹ 1,000 and above for travel oneway to Madurai.