Traffic goes for a toss, as govt employees gather to protest in Chennai
The traffic scenario in the city became a chaos on Saturday as government teachers and employees from across the state gathered here to join a protest rally called by Joint Action Council of Teachers Organisations-Government Employees Organisation. (JACTO-GEO).
By : migrator
Update: 2017-08-05 10:55 GMT
Chennai
Private vehicles carrying government employees began thronging the city since morning and at point the movement became uncontrollable by the cops, though they were seen on all important roads and junctions even before the vehicles started coming in.
The surroundings of Chepauk, from where the rally was supposed to begin and to proceed towards the Secretariat, witnessed commotion as the private vehicles occupied most of the roads, leaving little or no space for motorists to crawl through the narrow paths to reach their destination.
Traffic snarls were reported in other parts of the city as well. And the sudden downpour in the locality made it all the worse for commuters. "It took more than an hour to cross Chepauk to reach my office in Egmore," said Manimaran, a private firm employee.
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