- Accidents happen about 20 days in a month, officials silent
Nagpur. Mankapur Chowk of the city is becoming the center of accidents. Heavy vehicles passing here sometimes lead to long jams. During the day, police and traffic personnel are present to deal with this jam, but due to no one being present during the night, people are stuck in the jam for hours. According to the local residents, the work of building the road under the bridge at Mankapur Chowk is going on at a slow pace. At night, the drivers get confused and become victims of accidents on the carved road. Many times the shopkeepers along with the local citizens have requested the police and administration to impose duty at night, but no action has been taken on it so far.
Let us tell you that Mankapur Chowk is the busiest intersection in the city. From here the road leads to Koradi, Kamathi, Chhindwara and Amravati. More than 5,000 vehicles pass through here in 24 hours. The largest number of these are heavy vehicles. Although the time has been fixed for this, but even after this, many heavy vehicles suddenly come.
During the day, the police and traffic personnel on duty control them, but after evening their arbitrariness starts. According to these soldiers, even during the day, they have to suffer two-four due to the heavy duty drivers because the number of soldiers on duty is less. If you engage with the truck operators for a long time, then there is a heavy jam.
The road has become narrow due to construction
Road construction work is going on at Mankapur Chowk. According to the local shopkeepers, this work is being carried out very slowly. Sometimes the work is started and sometimes it is stopped. Due to a part of the road being dug, barricades have been put in there, due to which the road has become narrow, which makes it difficult for vehicles to pass. Especially in the evening till late night there is a jam every day. The local police and administration have no exact solution to end this jam. Due to this many times accidents happen. Every month about 15 to 20 accidents are found here for easy viewing. The local residents are hesitant to even come here.
What do the local residents say?
Due to heavy vehicles at Mankapur Chowk, there is a daily jam. During the day, there is some traffic or police personnel present on duty, due to which this situation becomes less but in the evening there is a dire situation of jam. Sometimes people are stuck in a jam for one to two hours. The reason for this is the uncontrolled crossing of the road by vehicles. Many drivers here do not obey the traffic signals. No one stays at night to act on them. Due to this there is a possibility of accident with jam.- Rubina Jena, local resident
Road construction work is going on at a very slow pace at the Chowk, due to which the road has been carved. Barricades have been installed next to it, due to which the road has become narrow. More than 5,000 vehicles pass here for Chhindwara and Amravati along with Koradi Kamathi in 24 hours. In the evening, one has to face long jams every day. Many times an ambulance gets stuck in this jam. It is difficult to take a sick person to the hospital. No hearing is being done even after complaining. – Dinesh Gupta, local resident