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Surviving Deepavali
Pankaja Srinivasan digs out some dark truths about the festival of lights

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FESTIVALS AND TRAFFIC SNARLS
Unavoidable

Festival months are a time to rejoice. The rich and the poor go out for shopping to celebrate the festivals. So, traffic snarls are unavoidable. Traffic diversions in the busy shopping areas will be of great help.

K. Jimmy Lawrence ...

Festival season has become synonymous with busy traffic. Most of the people are out travelling for purchasing goodies for the festival. Diverting the vehicles from busy shopping areas will create a stress-free environment for the ...

People prefer to use two-wheelers as buses are crowded during festive season.

When there are more vehicles, there is traffic congestion. Broad roads, streetlights, traffic signals and traffic police play an important role in ...

The ever increasing number of vehicles and shoppers on narrow roads and by lanes on busy shopping areas leads to a chaotic situation. All this is because of poor planning and lack of proper infrastructure. Authorities should take steps well ...

During festival season, huge crowds throng the shopping areas to purchase their commodities, shop for clothes and sweets.

The district administration should request the public to go in batches for their shopping and avoid last minute ...

Crowd management is important during traffic snarls. Avoiding traffic chaos and noise pollution is important to lead a better life and enjoy the festival celebrations.

N. Hariharan

Thondamuthur ...

Festival months are the time when relative get together and meet their family members and friends. So, there is more vehicle movement. Add to this the travel for shopping. Apart from the efforts taken by the authorities, the public should also ...

During festivals, the traffic creates a phobia in the minds of the public.

Accidents, time drain, long queues and uncomfortable travel add to the stress.

Proper planning and co-operation of public with the government bodies is ...

Because of last minute shopping, bus stand and busy roads get crowded with people and this leads to traffic chokes.

Commuters should abide by traffic rules.

G. Arun Prasanth

Std. XII S.B.O.A. Matriculation Higher ...

Traffic problem arises during festival time because of poor parking space in commercial complexes. As a result, the shoppers park the vehicles at available spaces on the main road and this disrupts the flow of traffic.

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