TRICHY: The rampant one-way violations going unchecked in Trichy city are causing frequent traffic bottlenecks as the relaxations in lockdown have increased vehicular movement. While riders without helments were intercepted and penalised for their violations, the residents opined that similar enforcement is lagging as far as the one-way violation is concerned.
Thennur RoB descending towards Marakkadai-Vellamandi road intersection was cited as the most violated one-way stretch. While vehicles were supposed to take only the upward movement in the RoB, even cars and load vehicles are violating this restriction.
Since the RoB is accessed by government and private buses heading towards the Main guard gate, the one-way violation very frequently chokes the entire traffic. “Even during peak hours, people bypass the caution board saying that the road is one-way. Enforcement has to be regularised, we rarely notice police team penalising the vehicles for one-way violation,” said V Karthik, a resident of Alwarthope.
A few other one-ways in the city including McDonalds road stretch in Cantonment and Oyamari road near Chennai bypass are witnessing such violations. Though traffic police personnel are stationed nearby, violators ride through the wrong way. West Boulevard road, another one-way arterial road is witnessing vehicular movement in both directions.
The one-way on Amma Mandapam road near Srirangam Rajagopuram also sees similar violations. When contacted, traffic police personnel in Trichy city said crackdown on violations will be intensified in the aforesaid localities.
