Road trafficpiles up as level-crossing fails

Bhimavaram: The road traffic was halted at Sringavriksham Railway manned level-crossing gate on National Highway No 165 on Sunday morning, due to a problem with the railway gate. The vehicular traffic between Bhimavaram and Palacole came to a standstill.

Hundreds of trucks, cars and motorbikes go on this busy National Highway every day. However, the Railway Gate at Sringavriksham has been repeatedly creating trouble. On Sunday morning, the lock of the railway gate stuck up over one- and-a- half- hours, resulting in a traffic jam on the highway. There was no other route to pass on either to Prattipadu or to Pamarru. The authorities failed to take steps to correct the faulty railway gate.