Question

summary of jatin singh's article ''chaos region as traffic rulles are ignored''

Answer 1

Here signals don’t turn red, yellow and green; in fact they don’t work at all. Commute to the western suburbs of the city, and if you manage to navigate through the traffic, see for yourself these traffic signals that have been serving only one purpose — that of adorning the streets.

For long, residents and motorists have been complaining about non-functioning signals at places in and around Padi, Korattur and Villivakkam.

“The traffic signal near Korattur East Avenue junction on Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road has not been functioning since a fortnight,” says R. Aravindh, a college-student. When traffic police can promptly book erring motorists, why can’t they get the signals working at the earliest, he asksThousands of motorists take this arterial road to reach Avadi, Pattabiram and Thirunindravur. According to an MTC bus conductor, there is heavy traffic bottleneck during peak hours and it takes very long to cross the intersection.

A visit to the areas revealed that every alternate signal either malfunctions or the timers do not work. Traffic signal near CMDA office in Egmore has been out for months now, with motorists violating traffic rules.