Bhaskar Impact: Carpeting on narrow bridge on Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway to get rid of traffic jam

The Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway witnessed eight traffic jams in one-and-a-half months. As a result, Divya Bhaskar constantly reported on the situation of traffic jams. Following the order of Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a new road has been constructed on the narrow bridge on the Jambua river. So that there is relief from traffic jams. On the other hand, 11 bridges from Jambuwa Bridge to Dumad Chowki on National Highway 48 had potholes ranging from five to 20 feet. After this report of Divya Bhaskar, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has started working and has started repairing the road on 11 bridges. There was also a heavy traffic jam on this highway on June 19. After this, there has been a traffic jam on June 26, June 28, June 29, July 23, July 24 and now today on July 28. Thus, there were 7 traffic jams in 39 days. People on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway have been suffering from traffic jams for the last five years. This year too there were eight traffic jams in the last one-and-a-half months. There was a traffic jam of 10 to 15 kilometers. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had slammed officials of the National HighwayAuthority and asked them to solve the problem of traffic jams at the earliest. Apart from this, the Vadodara district collector also issued a notice to the officials. Vadodara City Police Commissioner, RTO and National Highway Authority officials then visited Jambuwa and were instructed to resolve the problem of traffic jams at the earliest. Also read: On July 23, a 15-KM traffic jam caused by potholes on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad NH was carpeted on roads on both sides of the narrow bridge Since then carpeting has been done on the road on both sides of the narrow bridge on the Jambuwa river and vehicles are running in full swing. Earlier, vehicles were moving at a slow pace due to potholes on the bridge, leading to a 15-km-long traffic jam. But now a new road has been built so that enough motorists have got rid of the traffic jams at present. There were pits that broke the waist up to Dumad Chowki On the other hand, Divya Bhaskar's team went to 11 bridges on the 25-km highway from Narrow Bridge in Jambuwa to Dumad Chowki five days ago and did a reality check. Where 5 feet to 20 feet long and one to one and a half feet deep pits were seen. In which the back of the people driving the vehicle was also broken. Measuring potholes on 11 bridges also shortened the measurement The measurement also fell short as Divya Bhaskar measured the potholes on 11 bridges on NH-48. Following this report, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has woken up and started repairing the road on these 11 bridges. So that people here will also be relieved now. Apart from this, the work of a new bridge on the Jambuwa river is also going on at a fast pace. It has been given by the banner system that it will come and be ready in a year. Ajaybhai Panchal, a local, said, "I would like to thank Divya Bhaskar, who stayed with us and took the traffic problem to the top near Jambuari on the National Highway. So the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) came to know that the problem of traffic jams on the Narrow Bridge here is very high and they have now done good carpeting. Due to which there is no problem of traffic jam at present. He further said that apart from this, Vadodara MP Hemangbhai Joshi was in Delhi, so he conveyed the problem to The Union Road and Transport Nitin Gadkari and the traffic problem of Jambuwa Bridge is very big and it should be resolved soon. Therefore, we have been assured that the work of the new bridge is also being done at a fast pace and will be operational by April 2026. It is worth mentioning that for the last five to five years, people have been suffering from the problem of traffic jams, yet no concrete action was taken by the system, due to which the people were upset. Now that the system has woken up, people are demanding that the system be alert so that people do not have to be harassed again.