Peddakaparthy on NH-65 Witnesses Traffic Jams due to Sankranti Rush
Out of 16 total toll gates at Panthangi toll plaza, 10 gates were allocated for vehicles going towards Vijayawada from Hyderabad side
Nalgonda: The movement of vehicles on National Highway (NH)-65 was impacted from Saturday morning with the flow of vehicles significantly increasing as the people from Hyderabad started going to their native places to celebrate Sankranti festival.
It was taking two and half hours for the vehicles to reach Panthangi toll plaza from LB Nagar in Hyderabad. The movement of vehicles at Panthangi toll plaza was bumper to bumper and toll fee collection was being collected through scanners of FASTag. Out of 16 total toll gates at Panthangi toll plaza, 10 gates were allocated for vehicles going towards Vijayawada from Hyderabad side.
Traffic was jammed on NH-65 at Peddakaparthy for six kilometers long due to the ongoing flyover works, which became a bottleneck for flow of vehicles. The diversion of vehicles into narrow service roads at Peddakaparthy led to traffic jams. The police swung into action to clear the traffic jam, which took place from Peddakaparthy to Veliminedu on the highway.
The vehicles movement was also slow at Korlapahad toll plaza on NH-65. Either satellite-based automatic toll collection or toll free during the rush of vehicles was not implemented at Panthangi and Korlapahad toll plazas.
