Mohali, April 20 -- As thousands of fans from Chandigarh, Mohali and nearby areas made their way to the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, which was hosting the face-off between Punjab Kings and Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday, New Chandigarh residents were left struggling to navigate the traffic chaos amid poor management.

Many complained of congestion, haphazard parking, and choking of key entry routes from Dhanas and Mullanpur for hours. Rubbing salt to their wound was the fact that traffic police had reserved one side of the 200-ft-wide road for VIPs and the other side for spectators, leaving no space for daily commuters.

At some places, there were also reports of some individuals allowing the spectators to park...