Team Herald
PANJIM: The commissioning of Atal Setu or the third Mandovi bridge has not solved the traffic problems near Panjim bus stand area as traffic congestion was reported at Merces junction, on Monday afternoon.
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To the exasperation of all, there was no traffic police at the spot while the traffic signals were non-functional. Many motorists and two-wheeler riders had to wait for almost half-an-hour in the hot sun due to traffic jam.
Some spirited citizens then got into the action and started directing traffic at the Merces circle in a bid to decongest the area. It was only much later that a traffic cop arrived at the spot but not before a sea of vehicles coming from all directions and blowing horns.
A couple from Pune driving towards Margao said, “For more than half-an-hour we are stuck here.”
