Peerzada Waseem
Sopore: The illegal car parking in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district has added to the miseries of commuters, who are being forced to remain stranded in a traffic mess for hours together due to the negligent behavior of norm violators.
Locals said that the illegal car parking outside MCH Hospital, Police Station, Main Chowk, Chota Bazar, Degree College, Iqbal Market, Chankhan and Bus Stand and along the roadsides in the main market has left the commuters to lurch at large, saying that the norm violators don’t even bother to keep space for them to ensure their smooth passage
Bilal Ahmad, a student said that it seems that there is a competition between the street vendors and traffic violators in Sopore as they occupy the roads as per their will and don’t bother to keep adequate space available for the commuters as well as the pedestrians.
Illegal Sumo stands have also come up in the area, which has added to the miseries of locals, he said, adding that the issue was brought into the notice of ARTO Baramulla Mudasir Jan and other officials several times, but nothing has been done in this regard.
Another local resident said that the encroachment on footpaths and illegal parking of vehicles ultimately result in massive gridlocks in the main market, thus leaving the commuters to lurch at large.
He further stated that no deployment of traffic cops is further adding to the miseries while no one including the officials from traffic department and district administration bother to look into the matter.
Officials in the concerned police station assured action in this regard while ARTO Barmulla, Mubashir Jan was not available for the comments as his phone remained not reachable.
However, ADC Sopore when contacted didn’t share any details in this regard and talked rudely over the phone. “I am not going to share any information about this issue until and unless you will visit my office to show your identification,” he said and dropped the phone call—(KNO)
