<p>Days after the installation of dividers on Post Office Road, in front of the City Civil Court, commuters are having a harrowing time with the parking of vehicles on the side of the road leading to traffic gridlocks. </p>.<p>While the dividers have helped ensure lane discipline, it has also highlighted the need to end parking of vehicles, which is narrowing the stretch.</p>.<p>The increasing number of hawkers on the footpath is also pushing pedestrians on to the road.</p>.<p>The narrow road is leading to traffic piling up from one end to another end, and the commuters are blaming vehicles parked on the roadside for this.</p>.<p>“With one side of the road is occupied by cars, commuters are hardly left with any space. There is not even enough room for two-wheelers to move around. The divider was very much necessary. But let the road be parking-free,” Siddalingesh, a daily commuter, told DH.</p>.<p>The situation gets worse when heavy vehicles use the stretch.</p>.<p>Sumangala, an employee with a private book on Avenue Road, said: “After the installation of the divider, BMTC buses take more than 20 minutes to cross half a kilometre.”</p>.<p>However, the traffic police seem to be unaware of the situation.</p>.<p>“Till now we have not received any complaints on the traffic issue. I agree the road has become narrow due to parking of vehicles on both the side. We will visit the spot and take appropriate action,” said K V Jagadeesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic, East). </p>
<p>Days after the installation of dividers on Post Office Road, in front of the City Civil Court, commuters are having a harrowing time with the parking of vehicles on the side of the road leading to traffic gridlocks. </p>.<p>While the dividers have helped ensure lane discipline, it has also highlighted the need to end parking of vehicles, which is narrowing the stretch.</p>.<p>The increasing number of hawkers on the footpath is also pushing pedestrians on to the road.</p>.<p>The narrow road is leading to traffic piling up from one end to another end, and the commuters are blaming vehicles parked on the roadside for this.</p>.<p>“With one side of the road is occupied by cars, commuters are hardly left with any space. There is not even enough room for two-wheelers to move around. The divider was very much necessary. But let the road be parking-free,” Siddalingesh, a daily commuter, told DH.</p>.<p>The situation gets worse when heavy vehicles use the stretch.</p>.<p>Sumangala, an employee with a private book on Avenue Road, said: “After the installation of the divider, BMTC buses take more than 20 minutes to cross half a kilometre.”</p>.<p>However, the traffic police seem to be unaware of the situation.</p>.<p>“Till now we have not received any complaints on the traffic issue. I agree the road has become narrow due to parking of vehicles on both the side. We will visit the spot and take appropriate action,” said K V Jagadeesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic, East). </p>