Chennai: Anna Salai artery witnessed chaos all day on Saturday when The Grar Jayanthi Revelers brought traffic to stop in many places.
Intervention by traffic police add problems.
From the morning, politicians and people began to queue with Garland The Statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar in Nandanam Junction.
The crowd spilled along Anna Salai, with crackers exploding, often in the middle of stranded vehicles.
The police blocked regular traffic between Teynampet and Saidapet.
Traffic transfers cause stacks to Adyar, Kathipara and thousands of lights.
The driver spent hours stuck on the road and bylanes, many until late at night.
The police said the traffic congestion was cleaned after 4pm.
They divert traffic from 7 in the morning, anticipating Snarls at Anna Salai.
At least 1,100 traffic police personnel and 300 law personnel and orders were deployed in Teynampet, Siet Junction, Cenotaph Road, Chamiers Road, Nandanam, and Saidapet.
The additional commissioner of the City Traffic Police Chennai Pradip Kumar, Commissioner with Chennai Police PK Senthilkumari, Deputy Commissioner of Police P Kumar monitored traffic movements.
Police use barricades to prevent people from driving a statue in Nandanam.
They must park on the roadside and walk to the site.
It adds to the chaos on the streets when the vehicle is parked carelessly, eating on the highway.
Bhama, a resident of Kottur, said: “It took at least two hours for me from the Kotturpuram to reach the cosmopolitan club in Saidapet.” Many say it will be worse if the event is on weekdays.