VVIPs choke rush-hour traffic

VVIPs choke rush-hour traffic
The Times of India

Bangalore: Traffic was thrown out of gear along the Sankey Road stretch up to Airport Road during the morning peak hour on Wednesday thanks to three different VVIP convoys including the one which took chief minister N Dharam Singh. First, security agencies and the traffic police were holding rehearsal from Airport Road to central business dis trict (CBD) to make preparations for the visit of Czech Re public President scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Then, the CM’s convoy hit the road to reach Airport. Fol lowed by deputy chief minister M P Prakash’s convoy criss
crossing CBD.

At around 10 am, the commuters were caught in unawares as they were stranded in the junctions while the convoys buzzed past them. Traffic policemen had stopped vehicular movement near junctions on the VVIP route a few minutes prior to the arrival and departure of convoys.

As a result, office goers, students and others were caught in a jam for over an hour. “The situation on Airport Road was so bad that traffic moved at snail’s pace between Trinity Cir cle and the Airport. Some people missed flights too,’’ a traf fic constable near Domlur water tank said.

After the coalition government came to power, number VVIP’s having convoy vehicles have increased to around from two to three earlier.