Dehradun, June 13 -- Every summer and during major religious events like the Char Dham Yatra and Kanwad Yatra, Uttarakhand's roads become heavily crowded. Places such as Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani, Ramnagar, Mussoorie, Nainital and Kainchi see a huge increase in vehicles and the resultant traffic jams. What should ideally be a peaceful trip often turns into a long wait in traffic jams and even accidents, especially on the narrow hill roads as well as the roads in Dehradun, Haridwar and the roads leading to these cities.
Just last weekend, visitors to Mussoorie found themselves moving at barely a kilometre per hour. The usual one-hour drive from Dehradun took more than three hours. Sadly, a tourist lost his life while stuck in this jam, s...