POLITICIANS’ DREAM, MOTORISTS’ NIGHTMARE
The Free Press Journal|April 30, 2024
The filing of nominations for the upcoming Lok Sabha election at the city collectorate at the Old Customs House resulted in a massive traffic jam in the area on Monday afternoon. Arvind Sawant and Anil Desai of the Shiv Sena (UBT) filed their papers. To show their solidarity, hundreds of their supporters came in processions to the collectorate.
AISHWARYA IYER MUMBAI

The brunt of this particular day was faced by traffic police and specifically the motorists who travelled or got 'stuck' on the roads.

While it was a special day in a political sense for all the candidates and the followers, traffic police officials who were deployed to 'manage' the traffic went the whole day unable to eat their breakfast, lunch or even a snack. The Free Press Journal spoke to traffic cops deployed at several 'prime' spots of South Mumbai to enquire about their day. A traffic police officer near the Asiatic Library said, "My duty started at 8.30 in the morning, and we were told that it would be a long

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