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NOIDA: Driving on the wrong side without caring about one’s safety or of others is a regular phenomenon in Noida. We do not have enough force to man all the points to curb this menace,” he said. He said there are some people who do not want to drive on the right side despite U-turns on main roads.“Even though these commuters get challaned, they still love to flout rules in the absence of traffic police. An ambulance was also seen driving on the wrong side.Rajesh Yadav, an employee with a private company in Sector 64, said he wanted to reach his office quickly and wanted to avoid the correct route, which would account for another 1km.Commuters manage to do this, even though an advertisement board on one of the poles at the T-point displays a message about short-cuts. “Short-cuts cut life short,” it reads.Hoshiarpur, Sector 51 to Sector 34, GijhoreOn Captain Shashi Kant Marg , commuters can be seen emerging from Sector 51 market, apartments in Sectors 51/50, and other places in that area and drive on the wrong side to reach Sector 34 or hospitals and market near Gijhore chowk.Driving on the wrong side for a distance of between 300 to 700 metres seems to be the norm here and commuters, many of them on two-wheelers, can be seen driving towards the shops in the market of Sector 51 and towards the Gijhore chowk.While commuters continue to drive on the wrong side, traffic police officers express helplessness in curbing the menace as wrong-side driving seems to be an omnipresent sight on almost all roads in Noida.Traffic inspector Layak Singh said during rush hour, the priority is to keep traffic moving on correct routes towards their destinations..