Pulwama,11- Jan : With the number of vehicles increasing every day, the traffic management is becoming a daunting task for the authorities in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, especially on hospital road.Locals while talking with said that the reason behind the mess is due to the lack of parking place and encroachment of pathways.“At several places, haphazard parking of vehicles hampers traffic movement. Some shopkeepers even park their vehicles in markets, this also leads to traffic jams and causes inconvenience to us,” they said. “It is high time that the concerned authorities wake up from slumber and restore the traffic system.”Zahoor Ahmad , a local resident, said that vendors and shopkeepers are occupying the pathways due to which pedestrians are forced to walk on the already narrow roads and it takes half an hour to cover just a few hundred meters and it’s become very difficult for patients to reach the hospital on time.Due to the unavailability of parking place in the main town Pulwama, people often park their vehicles on roadsides which cause long and frequent traffic jams.The locals have requested administration to look into the matter and take steps so that the public can heave a sigh of relief & identify space for car parking facility in the main town Pulwama. (CNS)
