Police install barricades to stop commuters using slip road near ‘Kamalam’

A slip road created illegally by commuters to enter the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar highway, near the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters ‘Kamalam’ in Koba, has been closed by the police. The move was undertaken to prevent frequent accidents at the location, Gandhinagar Traffic Police sources said.

As per the sources, “The slip road near Kamalam is infamously known as ‘death road’. It was earlier cordoned off with iron rods and wires by the traffic police . Soon after, commuters opened it up and drove dangerously, causing fatal accidents.”

To prevent such untoward incidents, the Traffic Police Inspector directed his personnel to close the road on Sunday. Subsequently, the Infocity traffic police personnel closed this illegal road with barricades, iron chains and locks.

The authorities are sceptical if the commuters would still try to pry open the barricades and use the ‘cut’, a dangerous manoeuvre that leads to frequent accidents on site.

As recent as last month, a tragic incident took place on the service road near ‘Kamalam’, from Gandhinagar to Koba Circle. A person driving an Activa was hit by a car and lost his life. A case was registered against the car driver at the Infocity police station.

In June 2023, the absence of barricades led to an accident near the BJP headquarters, where a man lost his life and his daughter was critically injured.