AHMEDABAD: An overcast sky since Wednesday morning followed by non-stop rainfall and drizzling during peak evening hours led to traffic jams in many spots in the city. Between 8pm and 9.30pm Mithakhali underpass was packed with vehicles with the traffic moving at a snail’s pace.
The city received rain for more than one hour from 6pm. So far, the city has received 683.27mm or 26.91 inches of rain. AMC officials said they are expecting more rain in the coming days and have put their systems on alert.
On the Ashram Road stretch towards Paldi, there were several traffic jams between Sushrut Hospital and Paldi Bappa Jalaram temple between 8:30pm and 9pm reported AMC Paldi command and control room. The traffic police was alerted and personnel were rushed to the spots.
The next major traffic snarl was witnessed on the stretch between Helmet Crossroads towards Manav Mandir tri-junction. Between 8:30pm to 9:15pm there was bumper-to-bumper traffic movement at Panchvati Crossroads. A similar scene was witnessed around 7pm on the stretch between Shahajanand College Crossroads and Panjrapole Crossroads.
“There were a few fast food outlets near Panjrapole and on-road parking outside these restaurants had caused traffic jams,” said Minesh Patwari a student at Cept University.
At Memnagar’s Subhash Chowk Crossroads long vehicle queues continued on either road arms till 9.30pm mainly owing to rain and slow traffic movement. Nearby, mainly the roads adjoining Uday Park and Vastrapur lake witnessed brief traffic jams
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation control room officials claimed that they had not received any complaints of trees being uprooted or of waterlogging in the city. The civic body officials said that in order to ensure no waterlogging took place drainage of stagnant and pooled water was done regularly.
