Traffic snarls on road to education

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The last bell rings and students rush out of their school gates straight onto busy city roads. Yogesh Avasthi checks out some institutes where traffic bottlenecks are common and fatal accidents are just waiting to happen

Posted On Thursday, August 20, 2009 (Ahmedabad Mirror : http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=2009082020090820024421593f5f32537)

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