Mess up by traffic police leads to chaos on the roads

Hyderabad: Hyderabad city traffic police failed miserably in managing traffic as a result of which there was utter chaos in many areas, including main roads located in the central part, even as the Koti Deepotsavam- 2024 was underway on Thursday evening. Here too, there is so much traffic because people have to get down and give money to us, even as the impatient ones from behind kept honking.” A student blamed the organisers and police cops for the disorderly mess and asked, “What can one do in emergency situations?” Traffic was clogged at the Punjagutta and Greenlands junctions, Begumpet flyover, HPS exit, Shyam Lal building, PNT flyover, airport Y junction, Monappa junction, Yashoda Hospital, Raj Bhavan Road, VV statue, Khairatabad flyover, Necklace rotary, NTR Marg, Telugu Talli junction and flyover, Katta Maisamma, Iqbal Minar, Old Ambedkar statue junction, Tank Bund, Ashok nagar junction and NTR stadium. A traffic police officer said, “There was a two-day dress rehearsal regarding deployment of the traffic police, timings and how to react in case of any emergency. Meetings were held by the chief of protocol and 30 various departments, including police, electricity, GHMC, forest, electricity and tele-communications to provide a route with no untoward incident.” As soon as the President’s convoy left the stadium, police personnel on the roads started clearing the congesting roads.