Metro rail work affects traffic

Metro rail work affects traffic

Staff Reporter

Traffic diversions on M.G. Road; people advised to take alternative roads


Bottleneck: Traffic on Mahatma Gandhi Road moving at a snail’s pace with the BMRCL putting up barricades for work on the Metro rail project.

BANGALORE: Traffic was affected on Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kensington Road, Ulsoor Road and surrounding areas on Monday as Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) commenced work on Metro rail project near the busy Trinity Circle.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (East) Mallikarjuna Swamy said that with the BMRCL barricading a portion of the road, there was room only for single-lane traffic, slowing down movement of vehicles.

The police have made traffic diversions in the area which will continue till the BMRCL completes the work. Vehicles bound towards Mahatma Gandhi Road have to take alternative roads such as Begum Mahal Road and Gangadhara Chetty Road, Mr. Swamy told The Hindu.