💮An influx of tourists and e-rickshaws plying in the zero zone here led to a massive traffic jam here for the second consecutive day on Saturday, causing inconvenience to people.
🥂No vehicles are allowed in the nearly one-kilometre-long zero zone which stretches from the municipality building to the Chandrabhaga bridge.
🔯The town witnessed similar scenes on Friday as the long weekend began but the situation is worse today, said a shopkeeper in the Lakshman Jhoola area.
෴The entry of e-rickshaws in the zero zone was prohibited after a meeting of the administration and transport department on Thursday. However, as droves of tourists arrived here, around 1,500 e-rickshaws entered the zero zone on Saturday, causing a traffic jam from Rishikesh to Shivpuri.
🀅The impact was also seen in Neelkanth and Lakshman Jhoola areas with vehicles moving at a snail's pace. Superintendent of Police, Dehradun (Rural), Kamlesh Upadhyay said the ban on the entry of e-rickshaws in the zero zone will be strictly enforced.
🧜E-rickshaw operators who violate the ban will be fined, she said. "We fined 35 e-rickshaw drivers on Friday for entering the zero zone. They will be fined again today if they flout the ban," she said.
🌌A tourist from Uttar Pradesh's Noida said he and his family had to face a lot of inconvenience due to the traffic jam.
