India, May 19 -- Magarpatta Chowk Road has become a nightmare for the residents and commuters in the wake of barricading arrangements undertaken by the traffic police department to decongest the road and the main chowk. The junction attracts traffic from Pune city, Hadapsar, Mundhwa and Solapur Road, making it one of the busiest road corridors and chowks in Eastern Pune.

The road corridor from Kalyan Jewellers to Magarpatta Chowk and a further two kilometres ahead towards Ahmednagar Road remains blocked with traffic during the peak hours of mornings and evenings, commuters allege. Further lack of adequate manpower of traffic police was affecting traffic management at the junction, residents said.

Sudheer Methekar, a senior citizen from ...