Traffic snarls at toll plazas ahead of Sankranti

 A 6-km long traffic jam has been witnessed at Panthangi toll plaza on National Highway 65 ahead of the Sankranti festival on Saturday morning. While the Gudur toll plaza on Hyderabad-Warangal highway at Yadadri-Bhongir district was also seen with vehicles piling up from Friday night.

Heavy rush at the toll plazas was constant from Friday midnight to Saturday till 9 am. The traffic also seemed to have come to a halt with a thick smog that led to the slow movement of the vehicles.

Speculating more rush on Saturday night, the officials decided to open more gates at the toll plaza on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway.