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The proposal to change school timings will give some relief from the traffic chaos, he added. Indiscriminate parking of autorickshaws, cars and buses near the schools are the primary reasons for traffic congestions. Since the timings of most schools and colleges are from 9 am to 5 pm, traffic jams outside the schools and colleges during the morning and evening hours is a routine affair.The city traffic police have been struggling to regulate the traffic with a number of vehicles coming to the colleges and schools to drop and pick-up the students. Visakhapatnam: With a series of complaints regarding traffic congestion around the schools and colleges at three to four major locations in Visakhapatnam, city traffic police and road transport authority have proposed that a change in the current school and college timings can help mitigate the issue.Many private schools and colleges (over 100) are located in the key areas of Asilmetta Junction, RTC Complex, NAD Junction and Gajuwaka. The meeting will perhaps take place on Tuesday, we will suggest to the management of the educational institutes to fix different opening (at least 15 minutes difference) and closing timings for each college and school, Reddy added.A senior traffic police officer, on condition of anonymity, said autorickshaws carrying school children flout rules and cause traffic congestion..