An hour-long silence in Punjab creates problems for commuters

An hour-long silence in Punjab creates problems for commuters

An hour-long silence in Punjab creates problems for commuters

Muktsar : The country's last-minute mandate on Saturday to honor those who have lost their lives as a result of Covid has led to serious problems for commuters.

According to an order issued by Muktsar Deputy Commissioner MK Aravind Kumar, no vehicle is allowed to enter or move the city from 11am to noon on Saturday.

Long queues of cars appeared on the outskirts of the city, where police had placed a 'attention', indicating that no vehicles were allowed to drive for an hour.

Gurjant Singh, an elderly resident of Dabwali in Haryana, who was due to travel to Jalalabad, France, said, "This is an impossible decision to stop traffic for an hour. People like me who have to travel far and wide are stuck in traffic jams.

An hour-long silence in Punjab creates problems for commuters

Many people leave for an hour of peace in the Punjab

Chandigarh: Many people have been driving their cars in the Punjab from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturday as they say they were unaware of the national government’s decision to pursue peace for an hour to remember those defeated by Covid.

Police stopped the fullness of urbanization in some areas resulting in long lines of vehicles, and creating a disturbance to passengers.

The Punjab government has announced that it will take an hour of peace from 11am every Saturday from March 27 to remember all those who lost their lives as a result of the infection.

At that hour, traffic congestion would not be allowed, except for national and national highways. City traffic should not be tracked at this hour, according to the order.

Siren was heard in the regions to mark the beginning and end of the period of peace.

In Ludhiana, a passenger in the car said he was unaware of the government's decision to consider a period of peace, adding that he would meet a patient at a local hospital.

A two-wheel-drive passenger in Hoshiarpur said he too did not know when the silence was over.

People in many places including Ludhiana, Sangrur, Mansa and Moga were traveling between 11am and 12am.

A Hoshiarpur police chief said they had urged people to stop their vehicles during peacetime.

However, he said if anyone had an emergency he was allowed to go.

A passenger in Amritsar has urged the government not to stop traffic congestion as emergency workers could be caught in traffic jams.

On Friday, the state reported 3,176 infections, a one-day outbreak, and another 59 people died of AIDS. PTI