Chaos and rage due to road closure

Chaos and rage due to road closure

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, March 11, 2016 :   The road from Pumpwell to Padil is closed  to  enable  completion of a road work resulted in traffic chaos at Pumpwell, Nanthoor and Bikarnakatta on Mar 10, Thursday putting commuters to hardship. Only one-way traffic has been allowed on the road from Padil to Pumpwell.   Padil and B.C. Road-bound traffic was diverted at Pumpwell via Nanthoor Circle and Bikarnakatta to reach Padil Junction.

As a result, city buses, especially route No. 11 series buses, operated via Yekkur Junction on NH 66 and Yekkur and Bajal. Traffic moved at a snail’s pace between Yekkur Junction and Pumpwell on NH 66, between Nanthoor and Pumpwell on the same highway and between Nanthoor and Bikarnakatta on NH 75. When there was a traffic jam in Nanthoor Circle in the forenoon, the traffic police allowed Padil and B.C. Road-bound traffic from Pumpwell to take a direct turn to Bikarnakatta Road without covering the circle.

At Pumpwell, buses were forced to halt in front of Omega Hospital for passengers to board and alight and take a left turn to Nanthoor on NH 66. According to the police and Mangaluru City Corporation officials, traffic movement from Pumpwell to Padil would be restricted for at least the next one month.