Unprecedented traffic jam due to visitors rush at Badam Vear and Tulip Garden

By: Javaid Malik

Srinagar

On the Eid festival a lot of locals and tourists have started visiting Badam Vear and Tulip Garden.

This rush of visitors has resulted in traffic mess on the roads of Srinagar especially in Downtown and Boulevard.

Authorities have already announced the traffic plan on both the roads, but the common people are witnessing huge traffic jams. It takes hours for people to reach their home and office destinations.

Traffic police have been trying to regulate the rush of vehicles but it is not being streamlined and the people have appealed to the authorities to regulate the traffic on these two roads.

Hundreds of people remain stranded in vehicles for hours and many patients have also been waiting in the traffic jams to reach the hospitals in Srinagar.

“From the past two hours I have been waiting with my ailing father to reach SKIMS as there is heavy traffic jam” said Shabir Ahmad who has come from Sempora Pampore along with his ailing father to Soura Medical Institute.

There have been a lot of problems being faced by the common people due to the heavy rush of visitors and locals to Badam veari and Tulip Garden.

Thousands of people have visited these two places since the Eid ul Fitr festival started. Government has opened these two gardens for spring tourism and the locals have been also visiting along with their families after the Eid ul Fitr to enjoy with their families.