Vijayawada: Nava Nirmana Deekksha has brought the traffic into a complete standstill. As the programme has been conducted at Benz Circle, the traffic came to a halt on the MG Road, Ramvarappadu Road and Patamata. Heavy vehicles queued on the outskirts for more than eight hours while office-goers faced so much trouble in the morning.
People coming from Poranki, Penamaluru, Patamata, Gannavaram, Ramava-rappadu, NTR University were unable to reach their destinations due to Nava Nirmana Deekksha. The roads, where the traffic was diverted, were jammed with vehicles. Concerned citizens have commented that if the government was so serious about it, then it would have announced a holiday.
All the heavy vehicles coming from Guntur, Eluru, Machilipatnam have stopped from midnight. The long queue of heavy vehicles also caused inconvenience to other vehicles like cars and buses. By afternoon, the roads were packed, where the heavy vehicles have parked. After 1 pm only, these heavy vehicles were allowed to enter the city.
