For the occasion of Eid Milad-Un-Nabi or Eid-e-Milad on Sunday, the Mumbai Traffic police had made arrangements on the city roads to avoid any inconvenience to commuters. However, the city traffic continued to choke the roads and cause hassle to the commuters.
Heavy traffic congestion was reported at Marve Road in Malad West which continued till the MHADA Colony due to the religious procession in the area. “We were stuck for hours as the procession. There were no cops present to manage the crowd or handle the traffic situation,” said a commuter. Another one, echoing, said, “If they had diverted either the traffic or the religious activity this would not have occurred. We citizens are the only one who suffers ultimately!”
Similarly, at the Malad East area near Rani Sati-Station Road, commuters complained about traffic blockage due to the religious procession. According to Dindoshi Traffic police, they were not notified about such an event to be taken place on that route. “We didn’t know about it but when we were alerted by people about traffic congestion, our officers immediately reached the spot to manage the traffic. It got to normal after that,” said an officer at the Dindoshi traffic chowki.
Meanwhile, in the Andheri and Bandra areas, similar traffic issue was witnessed due to the procession. However, as per the BKC Traffic Police, the situation was bought under control after the cops intervened.
At the Western Express Highway and the Eastern Express Highway, the two prominent connectors of the city and suburbs, congestion was reported especially during the evening hours of Sunday due to backlogged traffic. Similar traffic congestion was reported at Kaburtarkhana in Dadar, Bandra East, Mahim, Andheri east, etc.
As per the traffic notification, traffic was diverted in the Byculla, Nagpada, Pydhonie, Dongri, Azad Maidan, Kalbadevi, and D.B Marg areas. This was to ensure smooth vehicular movement as the religious procession was carried across the city on Sunday evening.
