pune the traffic situation in vimannagar has worsened causing severe disruptions in daily commutingresidents report that it now takes 30 minutes to an hour to cover a mere 1 to 2km during the evening rush hours from 630 to 800pm the primary reasons behind this chaos are reckless practices of wrongside driving peak hour commuter rush and signal jumpingillegal behaviour leads to havoc on roads posing risks adding to the conditions are encroachments and taxis parked haphazardly near the airport local authorities should take swift action to address the issues to alleviate the burden on commuters dr bhagwat gunale a commuter saidtraffic jams are all across vimannagar near datta mandir chowk near marvel edge kailash market chowk and square at konarknagar society there is parking on both sides of the road at allen coaching classes and oroville business parkmanohar idekar senior police inspector in charge of managing traffic in areas like vimannagar wagholi and chandannagar told toi due to the monsoon many people who used to commute on twowheelers have switched to cars our staff is limited and we need to manage traffic not only in vimannagar but also in other areas in pune east it is challenging to deploy police personnel at every intersection we are aware that the stretch from datta mandir chowk till phoenix mall and parts of lohegaon experience heavy traffic congestion in the evenings we promptly deploy traffic police personnel to these intersections to resolve the situationvivek deo a resident of vimannagar missed his sons dentist appointment on saturday he said i had to drive for more than 12 hours and i was moving from one intersection to another within vimannagar alone covering only 15km in an 80minute timeframeresident anita hanumante expressed her concern about the stretch from datta mandir chowk to phoenix mall which is consistently jammed in the evenings