Poll prep leads to traffic snarls

LUCKNOW: Last-minute poll preparations brought the traffic to a grinding halt at the Kaiserbagh crossing on Saturday. The cascading effect was felt on

Hazratganj

crossing,

Chiraiya Jheel

and KD

Singh Babu Stadium

crossing as well.

Snarls were witnessed from 1pm to 5pm on Saturday due to the influx of roadways buses carrying electronic voting machines for the municipal elections to be held on Sunday. Ambulances,

roadways buses and school vans

were seen stuck in the jam. Aditya Pratap Singh, a Sitapur native who was ferrying a relative an ambulance, got stuck at the Kaiserbagh crossing for over an hour. "I didn't spot even one cop regulating the traffic," he alleged.

ASP (Traffic) RS

Nim

said they were short of workforce as most of the cops were on election duty.