Over 48,000 vehicles ply between Sectors 10 and 15 in Panchkula in 12 hours, finds study by French firm

Vehicular traffic during morning and evening rush on the road between sectors 10 and 15 was the highest with 6,089 vehicles in the evening and 4,577 at morning. While Sector 15 is the hub for coaching institutes, Sector 10 houses banks, hotels, restaurants and a shopping centre, making it the busiest.

The second stretch, which was the busiest during morning peak hour, was the road separating sectors 5 and 6 near the general hospital which saw 3,386 vehicles. Being an institutional area with general hospital and educational institutes also located in Sector 6, the route becomes the second busiest in the morning. It is followed by the dividing road near sectors 10 and 11 which sees 3,095 vehicles during the morning rush.

Panchkula ACP (Traffic) Munish Sehgal told Chandigarh Newsline, “Yes, it is true that traffic is increasing and we will deliberate on the findings of the report. At least for the time being, we can look for interim solutions like increasing the deployment of police at these points or speak to the engineering wing to see if engineering changes can be made before the corridor comes up.”

Chandigarh, too, has the road between Phases 1 and II of the Industrial Area near Tribune Chowk recording the highest volume of traffic with 84,112 vehicles. Chandigarh SSP (Traffic) Shashank Anand said they were studying the report.

In Mohali, the survey found that the Mohali Pind road – between sectors 61 and 52 – the volume of traffic was 26,353 vehicles with 2,830 in the morning and 2,720 in the evening.