TRAFFIC JAM IS A PERENNIAL PROBLEM

Ara (RNI): Traffic jam has become perennial and still a scourge for the Ara Municipal Corporation (AMC) due to disorganized traffic system, encroachment on either side of the road. Every day the problem of traffic jam occurs on almost all roads and it has become the destiny of the town. The condition of resident of Ara has deteriorated to such an extent that even pedestrians have difficulties walk.

Due to good roads and fast traffic, a lot of time is saved and saving time speeds up development but the perennial traffic jam is a major factor against development and is also hampering development works. Daily traffic jams on all the internal as well as the outer perimeters of Ara, long hours are wasted but no solution to this problem that has been going on for years has been found yet. Owing to the arbitrariness of and encroachment on either side of roads by vegetable vendors, roadside vendors and shop owners on most of the roads, the problem of traffic jam arises due to which people passing through  the main road of the Ara face problems. Sometimes even school buses get lost in the jam and the children have to suffer a lot. They cannot reach their home on time and thus their studies are adversely affected.

Some years ago, the former Superintendent of Police had made arrangement to control traffic that had born fruit but after him the situation returns to previous stage. People said that the traffic police deputed on roads to control traffic are themselves responsible for traffic jam as they stopped vehicles allegedly to realize money from them.

The problem of traffic jam is so severe that it takes more than an hour for people to cover a distance of five minutes. During this time, a long queue of vehicles is formed which more than a kilometer long. Due to this, people face a lot of problem but the district administration is not taking effective measures for the convenience of people.