Panaji: Thousands of commuters caught up in the mega-traffic congestion on Monday night because the three Mandovi bridges included Atal Setu, Panaji-Merces, Panaji-Miramar, and the stretch of Agasaim-Verna saw Snarls which lasted more than three hours.
Some events that all occur together cause this unfavorable situation.
While the Merces to KTC Bus Stand Stretch is being convached, Causeway Ribandar has been closed for repairs.
Add to this, an increase in travel traffic movements and national events in Taleiga, where nearly 300 buses transport visitors, and regular commuters resign with their fate, stuck on the road until late at night.
It was a completely chaos in the Merces circle, because the traffic in from Atil Setu, Bambolim and Ponda all jostled for the room.
Every intersection connects Panaji, Porvorim and Merces to see congestion.
Even when traffic police tried the best to control the situation, the burden was too much.
Meanwhile, people were taken to social media to vent their frustration, and made a desperate request for the Minister of Chief.
Netizens slam the government due to lack of planning and lack of coordination between government departments and institutions.
Regular commuters say that traffic congestion has occurred over the past few days, and it is hoped that the government will take the steps needed to facilitate traffic, on the contrary, it comes out of control.
Haphazard road work is considered the main cause of traffic snarls.
“State affairs in #goa: #Chaos #Traffic Masif daily above #alalsetu.
Today, the whole bridge to Porvorim to Panjim is #Blocked #Jammed #Mismansagement by #PWD & #GoatraFFicPolice #DISGUSTERING #Selfess,” a resident Tweet on Monday night.
He urged the Chief of Goa to “stop the entry of private vehicles from other states to #Goa during the November and December tourist period”.
DY SP (Traffic), North Goa, Salim Shaikh, told Tii, “After Jalan Causeway Ribandar gave up, we had to immediately block the road for all types of traffic, if not it would cause a danger to the driver.
Pwd began working on the road immediately After that, while traffic has been transferred through Merces-Kadamba Road.
Therefore, the road has doubled the volume of traffic “.
In addition, the ongoing breeding of the Stretch of the Kadamba bus holder has slowed traffic on the road.
Some lines are closed for this work.
“There are only three paths available – Atal Setu in two lanes and normal traffic moves from the Kadamba bus to the Merces circle – for traffic from five lines,” he said.
“We have contacted PWD and the authorities concerned to complete the work on the footing of the war.
After the road back in normal conditions, only then the traffic will be normalized.
It may take two to three days for this, at that time the National Conference will also end,” Shaikh said.
Around the Zuari Bridge, Dilip Buildcon, who built a new Zuari Bridge, closed Jalan Raya Agasaim for a vehicle that moves from Bambolim to the Bridge of Zuari on weekends with high volumes, when a number of tourists go down to the country, and divert them.
Old narrow road.
The vehicle was trapped in traffic from Siridao to the Zuari bridge.
“@Goa why are all your way clogged with traffic ?! Where is MGMT? Infra Basic lost”, Swapnil tweeted.
Another motorist, Anish, said, “Year-end congestion and traffic looks like Goa back in business!”