Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jul 10: Realizing that cars parked outside the marriage halls are creating a nuisance for the traffic, the police have begun to book offending cars. On Monday July 9, several cars found parked outside a hall in the city were locked by the police. The police had received complaints about these cars creating problems for the smooth movement of traffic.

Traffic snarl was experienced near Panemangaluru Bridge in Bantwal near Sagar Hall where a marriage was performed. As vehicles lined up on both sides of the highway, the highway was blocked. The Bantwal police registered cases against the owner and manager of the said hall. The watchman of the hall stated that the owner of the hall had asked him not to allow any vehicle to enter the hall premises, even though space for parking is provided there. The police had to clear the road of these vehicles and vehicles of union minister, D V Sadananda Gowda and deputy commissioner of the district (DC) were to pass through this stretch.

Both Gowda and DC got stuck in traffic. In addition to owner and manager of the hall, car owners who blocked traffic were also booked by the police. There are complaints about similar problems being experienced near a hall in Ballalbagh as it is said that an unauthorized kitchen has been set up at the space earmarked for parking. A hall in Bolar here is another place where traffic gets affected. In the past, vehicles of guests were parked in a vacant spot nearby but now there is no parking space as a building is coming up there. As such, cars are parked on the road.

There are many places in the city and elsewhere like Yekkur and Thokkottu where cars of people attending functions in halls block traffic. The police are expected to tackle this problem in a big way in the coming days.