The Mumbai Traffic Police or whoever came up with the one way rule without intimating the residents, dealt a sugical blow to the residents of Powai.
This morning, elder residents who are not digitally savvy headed out to exchange their bigger denomination notes were taken in for another surprise. All the roads in Hiranandani Powai have been made one way, without any intimation to Powai-ites. Some were stuck almost for an hour.
We all know, there was a petition some time back about the traffic situation worsening inside Hiranandani Gardens, was this the consequence of that petition? Did a few enlightened citizens convince the traffic police to enforce this “one way” traffic moment in Hiranandani? It seems this is a trial for one month only.
We all know, what happens to the one-way rule near Eden old market lane. Who is going to ensure the law is enforced? Hopefully, we are expecting today was just teething trouble and things would look better as days go by.
Below are some reactions to today’s traffic chaos below.
Springing new rules on unsuspecting citizens isn't cool anymore! What is happening in Hiranandani powai? @RidlrMUM @powaiinfo #traffucked
— Sanghamitra C (@SanghamitraSen) November 10, 2016
@powaiinfo all of Powai is traffucked pic.twitter.com/6mVz7qncIm
— Target (@BlackTruth05) November 10, 2016
good move. Some notice would have been better. Not sure any will follow it despite being educated and all that.
— Diwakar Pingle (@djpingle) November 10, 2016
@powaiinfo Stuck in traffic for 2 hours now in Hiranandani. Mindless one way roads have been implemented on a working day @MumbaiPolice
— Milind Kharkar (@MilindKharkar) November 10, 2016
@MilindKharkar H'nandani originally planned as residential area but expanded into offices; roads cant take traffic
— Rajrishi Singhal (@RajrishiSinghal) November 10, 2016
Entire hiranandani powai is one way from today.. Utter chaos #MumbaiTraffic @RidlrMUM
— Anish Chaturvedi (@anishchaturvedi) November 10, 2016
I believe better understanding of the new routes is required as this would help better navigate than follow the confused crowd
— Swarup Anand (@SwarupAndy) November 10, 2016
Someone please tell me, who decides one way rules? Residents?? Should residents randomly block public roads?? One month? #Powai @powaiinfo
— Archeet N (@archeetn) November 10, 2016
this was total chaos. And by 12.30 it was all back to being 2 ways. Apparently the one way thing will be a morning thing only
— Cyn (@HomeCynHome) November 10, 2016