Snarl-ups choke roads in Zirakpur

Long traffic snarls were witnessed in Zirakpur today as persistent rain led to waterlogging on roads since morning. The Chandigarh-Ambala national highway remained clogged with stranded vehicles till late in the afternoon.

The Mubarikpur-Ramgarh road was swamped with rainwater at many places. Office goers and school bus drivers complained that they reached late almost by an hour due to traffic jams.

“The monsoon has created a mess in Zirakpur and Dera Bassi as pools of stagnant water can be seen till late in the evening,” said Jyoti Bhargava, a schoolteacher in Zirakpur.

Residents slammed the Zirakpur Municipal Council and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for failing to resolve the issue of waterlogging on the highway despite spending crores of rupees.

Many inner roads of Sector 70, Sector 71 and Mataur were out of bounds for pedestrians as these remained waterlogged throughout the day.

Nayagaon and Kharar areas too witnessed heavy waterlogging. Nayagaon residents said the condition of roads is pathetic here as the laying of sewer lines is going on at a snail’s pace. In Kharar, severe waterlogging was witnessed on the national highway near Balongi and Nirvana Greens society.