Highway hit the traffic signal, accident happened in Ambedkar Chowk
Baloda Bazar. A major accident was averted at Ambedkar Chowk in Balodabazar when the speeding highway going to the sand quarry directly hit the traffic signal installed in the divider at Ambedkar Chowk, causing the entire signal to collapse on the road and also the CCTV camera installed there. Damaged. The incident happened late at night, so there was no casualty and a major accident was averted.
The incident is being told around 2 o’clock in the night. CCTV footage of the incident has also come to the fore. Despite frequent road accidents in the district, the district administration is not taking any concrete step to stop the speed of vehicles, due to which accidents are happening day by day.
Balodabazar district is famous for Mahanadi sand mining along with industry. There is movement of heavy vehicles here. Despite having a bypass road, vehicles are allowed to enter from inside the city, due to which incidents keep happening every day. The incident that happened is not the first. Even before this the incident has happened but neither the district administration nor the people’s representative is taking any concrete step on it. Now it has to be seen how the RTO department along with the district and police take this incident and what measures are taken to prevent the accident.
