Kochi sees unprecedented traffic chaos as flyovers open
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Officials attribute snarls to unscientific timings fed into the signal system
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Vehicles pass through the Kundannoor flyover after its commissioning on Saturday. Unlike at Vyttila, there was no traffic congestion at Kundannoor.
| Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat
Officials attribute snarls to unscientific timings fed into the signal system
The Vyttila-Palarivattom-Edappally stretch on the NH Bypass and roads leading to it witnessed unprecedented traffic snarls, soon after a pair of six-lane flyovers were opened to traffic on Saturday afternoon.
While commuters caught unawares by serpentine snarls turned restive, traffic police personnel were seen running around, trying to unwind the hold-ups. “The fact that it was Saturday, when employees and others leave Kochi for their home towns, made matters worse. Personnel manning junctions on the Edappally-Kundannoor NH Bypass and roads leading to it are having a harrowing time managing traffic flow. There was unusual number of vehicles converging at Edappally as well, mainly from the Vyttila side,” said a traffic police officer.