Google Maps confirmed heavy visitors close to the mall from afternoon as individuals began arriving early for the movie occasion that was to be held within the night on Saturday.
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On Saturday, hundreds of motorists have been put to hardship on a number of roads in and round Velachery for hours after individuals thronged a movie occasion at a mall. A stampede-like state of affairs arose within the mall because the surging crowds turned uncontrollable. Alarmed, town police cancelled the occasion, which was scheduled for the night.
Often on weekends, the Phoenix Mall junction can be crowded as tons of throng the mall. On Saturday, Google Maps confirmed heavy visitors close to the mall from afternoon as individuals, largely children, began arriving early for the movie occasion that was to be held within the night. The occasion was was not ticketed.
By early night, it took greater than an hour to cross the mall and attain Guindy. The locals had no thought in regards to the uncommon crowd surge, however they needed to tolerate the inconvenience and transfer at a snail’s tempo.
On Sunday, the social media was abuzz with movies of the massive visitors jam outdoors the mall and the uncontrollable crowd that had gathered contained in the mall. The movies went viral on social media with netizens elevating questions on why town police granted permission for the occasion in a mall positioned on a slim highway.
S. Nagavel, a resident of Velachery, who works in Vadapalani, complained that for any occasion the place ‘Hiphop Tamizha’ Aadhi was current, there can be big crowds, and being a movie launch perform, the police ought to have given permission to carry the occasion on an open floor. He stated that it took greater than an hour to achieve his workplace in Vadapalani.
On X, many customers like Rajesh identified that the visitors snarl on Saturday was unreal and that large occasions want crowd limits, public transit plans, and advance visitors advisories. A number of motorists confronted the identical state of affairs in all of the hyperlink roads as effectively. The heavy rain worsened the visitors state of affairs.
The state of affairs was introduced below management after town visitors police compelled the organisers to cancel the occasion and by deputing extra visitors personnel at necessary junctions of the Velachery Primary Highway to control the automobile motion.
A senior police officer stated that because it was an indoor occasion, the organisers didn’t search permission from the visitors police. Nevertheless, after coming to know that there was an enormous crowd and that the visitors state of affairs was going uncontrolled, further visitors personnel have been instantly deputed to control the visitors. Senior police officers contacted the chief visitor and stopped him from coming to the occasion, he added.
On Sunday, the visitors police, together with patrol autos, cleared even the slightest of bottleneck on the Velachery Primary Highway at each junction.
Printed – August 10, 2026 05:00 am IST
