Rajiv Bhatia
Zirakpur, June 11
It seems that the local administration is waiting for a major tragedy to happen on the national highway as trucks and other vehicles parked along the Chandigarh-Ambala highway and Zirakpur-Kalka highway throughout the day are posing a serious threat to the lives of thousands of commuters.
Residents complained that trucks carrying goods from far-flung areas towards various godowns of multinational companies remained parked along the highway, hampering flow of traffic on the highway and many times leading to serious mishaps on this stretch.
Residents rue that the traffic police had failed to remove the trucks from the highway. They had submitted their complaints many times, but no concrete action has been taken so far.
A survey of the area revealed that trucks are normally parked on both sides of the highway everyday. Even traffic movement at the entrance of Zirakpur has been affected as trucks are parked in a haphazard manner on the highway. Adding in the woes, fruit and vegetable vendors also park their rehris on the roadside on the highway.
“Everyday we have traffic jams on this stretch as these trucks blocked a huge part of the road. It is quite frustrating, especially during summers,” said Shikha Sharma, a student of a private college.
DSP (traffic) Darshan Singh Mann said he would ask the Zirakpur traffic in charge, Devinder Singh, to remove and challan the trucks that were parked on the highway.
Youth dies as scooter hits truck
Vishal Batta (22), a resident of Baltana, died after the two-wheeler he was riding hit a stationary truck on the Landran road. The police stated that Batta was returning from a private college at Landran, where he had gone to enquire about the admission process. The police has registered a case against the truck driver on the complaint of the deceased’s father
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