Union home minister Amit Shah said that despite being the city with the highest number of vehicles per capita, on all his visits in the city with and without official protocol in place he has never seen a traffic jam in Chandigarh While addressing the police at the 60th Raising Day Parade celebration.
People also took to social media to air their complaints. Another user, Piya alleged there was a traffic jam between Chandigarh and Zirakpur and she had been stuck for an hour. In the morning, a similar traffic jam was seen at the Housing Board lightpoint connecting Panchkula to Chandigarh. The traffic officials including inspectors remained present on the ground throughout the day to help manage traffic.
A user shared a video claiming how traffic had not moved for over 30 minutes at the Timber Market junction near Sector 26. Another user Gurdeep Singh alleged that the Sector 20 roundabout had remained blocked for around half an hour. an official said that many traffic cops had also been deployed for VIP duty along the home minister’s route while these roads had to be diverted While the traffic police had released an advisory urging people to avoid different roads on Sunday.
