Heavy rush in Vijayawada on eve of Moola Nakshatram day, traffic diversions in place

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A immense  unreserved  seen astatine  the APSRTC Pandit Nehru Bus Station successful  Vijayawada connected  Sunday, arsenic  devotees thronged the temple metropolis  for the Dasara celebrations.

A immense unreserved seen astatine the APSRTC Pandit Nehru Bus Station successful Vijayawada connected Sunday, arsenic devotees thronged the temple metropolis for the Dasara celebrations. | Photo Credit: G. N. Rao

With thousands of devotees arriving successful Vijayawada from antithetic parts of the State to person darshan of Goddess Kanaka Durga connected the auspicious ‘Moola Nakshatram’ day, dense unreserved was witnessed astatine the Pandit Nehru Bus Station (PNBS) and the railway presumption connected Sunday.

Traffic jams were reported connected each the main roads and junctions starring to Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, a time up of ‘Moola Nakshatram’, the commencement prima of Goddess Saraswati Devi.

Many students were besides seen astatine autobus and railway stations, heading to their autochthonal places for the Dasara festivities. With the instauration of the ‘Stree Sakthi’ escaped autobus question strategy for women, APSRTC buses ran to afloat capacity.

All platforms astatine PNBS were jam-packed and serpentine queues were witnessed, portion postulation moved dilatory connected the Vijayawada–Hyderabad and Vijayawada–Visakhapatnam National Highways arsenic pilgrims poured into the city. Devotees faced terrible inconvenience owed to postulation congestion astatine Krishnalanka, Patamata, Benz Circle and different engaged junctions connected Sunday. To negociate the situation, officials announced postulation diversions and ‘No Vehicle Zones’ astatine assorted points successful Vijayawada starting Monday. Tight information arrangements volition besides beryllium successful spot for Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s sojourn to Indrakeeladri connected the juncture of ‘Moola Nakshatram’. As per the police, each vehicles volition beryllium diverted astatine PNBS in-gate, Kummaripalem Centre, Tadepalli checkpost and Gadda Bomma Centre. No conveyance volition beryllium allowed towards the Kanaka Durga temple from Sunday 7.30 p.m. until 10 a.m. connected September 30 (Tuesday).

Published - September 28, 2025 11:06 p.m. IST

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