ROAD JAM IS PERENNIAL DUE TO NON-AVAILABILITY OF PARKING FACILITIES

Ara, 8 July 2023, (RNI): Due to non-availability of parking facilities in Ara, headquarter of the Bhojpur district, parking of vehicles on the roads has become a serious and perennial problems of jam. Still no effective action has been taken by the Ara Municipal Corporation (AMC) on this due to which people are facing a lot of problems. Dense population and narrow roads add to the woes of the people.

The AMC was established in the year 2007 and since 16 years have passed. During this several Mayors came and went and everyone decided to provide parking facility to the people in every meeting of the AMC. Parking lot also selected but not a single parking place could be made. In the year 2023, a parking place was earmarked but that too remained incomplete. That parking place was made pakka and so water gets accumulated in the rainy season as its level being below the road and parking is not possible in this condition. The population of Ara is about 3 lakh and the dense population in and around the main market, encroachment of roads and reduction of the width of the road, the problem continuous jam persists and people face problem in communication but the government is not serious about it.

Again, Ara has more than 50,000 two wheelers and four wheelers while the Bhojpur district has more than 3 lakh two vehicles. People from rural areas come to Ara almost daily in increasing numbers for various works. In such a situation, the number of vehicles becomes considerable. Besides, hundreds of school buses ply on roads the whole day. Due to the narrow roads, jam status persists.  If parking is arranged in sufficient numbers, relief from jam can be got to a great extent.