Howrah: With the Santragachi rail over bridge being partially shut to traffic for repair from Sunday, cars and buses are being held up for a prolonged period as the vehilces are allowed to ply on the damaged bridge using a single lane.
Officials said that it will be wise to travel along Salap and Amta Howrah Road to head towards Nabanna or Vidyasagar Setu to reach Kolkata or take Andul Road via NH6 to reach the city. PWD officials said that the queue of vehicles is expected to get longer from Monday.
On Sunday afternoon, the queue extended beyond Santragachi station and passengers had a harrowing time to reach Santragachi station and many had to carry their luggages and walk. Similarly, there was a long queue of vehciles moving out of the city.
Officials said that it will be wise to travel along Salap and Amta Howrah Road to head towards Nabanna or Vidyasagar Setu to reach Kolkata or take Andul Road via NH6 to reach the city. PWD officials said that the queue of vehicles is expected to get longer from Monday.
On Sunday afternoon, the queue extended beyond Santragachi station and passengers had a harrowing time to reach Santragachi station and many had to carry their luggages and walk. Similarly, there was a long queue of vehciles moving out of the city.
However, trucks are not being allowed to ply along Kona Expressway, instead they are either diverted through Salap or asked to enter the city after taking Nivedita Setu via Dunlop. Some of them were also diverted on Sunday via Andul Road which were moving to NH6.
As the vehicles are stopped ahead of the rail over bridge and allowed to move on a single lane, the queue gets longer as the vehicles wait for their turns to cross the bridge. As a result, the pollution level is also increasing since the drivers do not turn off the vehicle engines with the hope to accelerate once they are on the bridge.
PWD officials and police have already suggested that the best way to reach NH6 is via Andul Road and for that the heavy vehicles have been asked to move in that direction. The heavy vehicles were also asked to move along Howrah Amta Road. Even the small vehciles can use this diversion.
However, Vikram Singh Grewal, president of co-ordination committee of West Bengal Truck Owners' Association, said that the administration did not inform anything about the change of route and they came to know about it from the media. He said that both the Howrah Amta Road and Andul Road pass through populated areas, where rickshaws, autos and e-rickshaws ply, hampering the smooth running of heavy vehicles. He said that they would write to the chief minister urging her to ban autos, rickshaws and e-rickshaws from plying on the main road till the diversion is on. Moreover, the roads along which diversion had been directed are narrow and unift for plying of heavy vehicles, Grewal said.
As the vehicles are stopped ahead of the rail over bridge and allowed to move on a single lane, the queue gets longer as the vehicles wait for their turns to cross the bridge. As a result, the pollution level is also increasing since the drivers do not turn off the vehicle engines with the hope to accelerate once they are on the bridge.
PWD officials and police have already suggested that the best way to reach NH6 is via Andul Road and for that the heavy vehicles have been asked to move in that direction. The heavy vehicles were also asked to move along Howrah Amta Road. Even the small vehciles can use this diversion.
However, Vikram Singh Grewal, president of co-ordination committee of West Bengal Truck Owners' Association, said that the administration did not inform anything about the change of route and they came to know about it from the media. He said that both the Howrah Amta Road and Andul Road pass through populated areas, where rickshaws, autos and e-rickshaws ply, hampering the smooth running of heavy vehicles. He said that they would write to the chief minister urging her to ban autos, rickshaws and e-rickshaws from plying on the main road till the diversion is on. Moreover, the roads along which diversion had been directed are narrow and unift for plying of heavy vehicles, Grewal said.
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