At last, Madurai City Traffic Police have put an end to years of traffic congestion on Melur Road in front of the entrances of Omni Bus Stand and MGR Bus Stand.
The police came up with the simple solution of putting up temporary barricade on the median, thus preventing vehicles entering the Omni Bus Stand from K.K. Nagar side and those coming out through the entrance of Omni Bus Stand to take right turn towards Melur side.
All types of vehicles right from omni buses, cars, autorickshaws and two-wheelers used to vie with each other to cross to the opposite lane thus creating a chaotic scene every day, especially during the nights.
“The menace of omni buses violating one-way traffic flow and coming out through the entrance and subsequently stopping on the carriage way of the Melur Road and waiting for passengers used to be the major cause for the traffic congestion. This eventually led to blocking of all cars and other vehicles carrying the passengers from entering the omni bus stand,” a shopkeeper in the vicinity said.
This would lead to vehicles coming from Melur side piling up in this stretch and sometimes overflow to the other side of the road too.
