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Traffic snarls person go a regular matter connected 1 broadside of Dr. Nanjappa Road successful Coimbatore aft the opening of Semmozhi Poonga for the public from December 11.
The roadworthy came to adjacent gridlock from day connected Saturday and Sunday owed to dense inflow of visitors to the park, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected November 25.
#Traffic on 1 broadside of Dr.Nanjappa Road successful #Coimbatore came to a adjacent gridlock connected Sunday arsenic visitors made a beeline for parking slots astatine the precocious opened #SemmozhiPoonga. Illegal parking of two-wheelers extracurricular the parkland added to congestion.📸: @peri_periasamy / @THChennaipic.twitter.com/B5K0FAEYc8
— Periasamy M (@peri_periasamy) December 14, 2025Besides the radical who waited to participate the park, motorists and unit of buses had a pugnacious clip crossing the agelong from Gandhipuram autobus basal to Park Gate junction connected Saturday and Sunday. Parking of two-wheelers astatine non-parking areas connected Dr. Nanjappa Road successful beforehand of the parkland is besides adding to the congestion.
Several visitors, who waited for 15 to 20 minutes connected the choked roadworthy to participate the parkland connected Saturday, were told that the parking gait was afloat arsenic they reached the entranceway for four-wheeler parking.
According to the Coimbatore Corporation, the parkland has abstraction to accommodate 1,000 two-wheelers, 453 cars and 10 buses.
Police sources said that unit had a pugnacious clip handling the assemblage connected Saturday and Sunday. They cited that the main entranceway of the parkland and the entranceway for four-wheeler parking are connected to the narrowest portion of Dr. Nanjappa Road, wherever Gandhipuram flyover’s approach conception is situated.
District Road Safety Committee subordinate K. Kathirmathiyon said concerns had been raised successful 2 meetings of the committee successful 2024 astir the positioning of the two-wheeler parking country of the parkland astatine the narrowest portion of Dr. Nanjappa Road. According to him, the roadworthy is excessively constrictive to accommodate the entranceway of a large-scale parkland that attracts hundreds of visitors.
The Corporation should marque arrangements to support integer displays connected the agelong from Gandhipuram autobus basal and the park, informing the availability of parking,” helium said.
Corporation Commissioner M. Sivaguru Prabakaran said the parkland has ample parking abstraction and the postulation snarls were caused chiefly due to the fact that of radical who stopped their vehicles connected the road. This has been communicated to the postulation constabulary to forestall motorists from halting vehicles in beforehand of the park. “As galore arsenic 27,400 radical came to the parkland Sunday alone,” helium said.
