Huge traffic jam on bridges and Ashram Road on last day of Air Show(photos)

Ahmedabad

The last day of British Air Show at Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad resulted into massive traffic jam on Ashram road and on three bridges over River Sabarmati. At some places the traffic jam was so much that vehicles couldn’t move for over an hour.

Though people have been asked to come to River Front to watch the Air Show, lot of people prefer to watch it from the bridge which is obviously on height compared to low height River Front.

Air Show was held twice a day during 11:00-11:20 am and 4:00-4:20 PM during 1-4 April. Today was the last day and there was so much rush to watch the show that three bridges: Vivekanda Bridge, Nehru Bridge and Gandhi Bridge suffered massive traffic jam. People stopped at bridge an parked their vehicles there to stand up on footpath and watch the Air Show. Police was unable to prevent thousands of people from doing so.

To park vehicle on bridge is considered illegal world over due to traffic issues, but it has been regularly observed that this rule is not followed in Ahmedabad. Late in the evening on Nehru bridge, even some hawkers come and park their mobile food stalls to sell food items.

Even under scorching sun, British Air Show powered by four aircraft was watched by lakhs of people in the span of four days. Routine air traffic was restricted and the sky was reserved for Air Show on 1-2-3-4 April.

DeshGujarat