NEW DELHI: A day after heavy rains lashed components of town, Delhi Police suggested commuters to plan their peak-hour journey rigorously because of visitors snarls in a number of areas brought on by waterlogging and uprooted timber following Monday’s rainfall.
The Delhi Traffic Police reported that Minto Bridge will bear pothole restore work, necessitating the closure of each carriageways throughout nighttime hours for the second consecutive day.The closure shall be in impact on September 2, 3, and 4, from 11 pm to 7 am every evening.
“As a result of restore work of potholes below Minto Bridge, each carriageways will stay closed through the evening hours on 02/03.09.24 & 03/04.09.2024 (from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM). Kindly observe the advisory.”, learn the visitors advisory from Delhi Visitors Police.
The disruption will trigger delays for motorists, significantly these travelling between Connaught Place and New Delhi Railway Station, in addition to impacting these navigating the closely used roads close by.
Automobiles from Connaught Place through Minto Street shall be diverted to Outer Circle and Barakhamba Street in the direction of Turkman Gate/Kamla Market through Ranjeet Singh Flyover. Visitors from Kamla Market on Minto Street shall be diverted to Ranjit Singh Marg and Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg (Tilak Bridge) in the direction of Connaught Place through Ranjeet Singh Flyover, DDU Marg, and Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg.
Since Minto Bridge additionally connects Connaught Place with New Delhi Railway Station, passengers have to take heed. The choice routes could be to go from the Connaught Place Outer Circle to the railway station by means of State Entry Street and Chelmsford Street, each of that are normally affected by heavy visitors congestion.
The Delhi Visitors Police launched a visitors advisory on Tuesday for commuters heading in the direction of Rohtak Street.
The advisory warned of potential visitors congestion within the space because of waterlogging on the Okhla Underpass. visitors disruptions in each instructions between Nangloi and Tikri Border because of the presence of potholes and water logging on the highway floor. Commuters are suggested to avoid Mundka and go for various routes to succeed in their locations.
Moreover, the Delhi Visitors Police posted one other advisory on X, alerting commuters about visitors disruptions on the service highway of UER-II, heading in the direction of NH-48, a broken peak barrier is inflicting obstruction to the stream of visitors. Delhi Visitors Police stated visitors from Dwarka & Expressway going in the direction of NH-48 could stay heavy.
The Delhi Visitors Police additionally reported that visitors was impacted on Mathura Street within the carriageway from Badarpur in the direction of Sarita Vihar in the direction of Badarpur because of a bus breakdown close to Jaitpur Mor.
On Monday, visuals from Dhaula Kuan confirmed extreme visitors congestion making the lifetime of commuters troublesome. Folks had been additionally seen wading by means of the waterlogged roads.
The waterlogging within the space had slowed down the visitors within the space. Commuters had been wading by means of the waterlogged highway whereas automobiles had been struggling to cross the highway.
Among the many stretches most adversely affected had been Press Enclave Street, significantly within the carriageway from Saket Court docket in the direction of Malviya Nagar, and each carriageways between Dhaula Kuan and Mahipalpur on NH-48. Ring Street skilled substantial congestion within the carriageway from DND Flyway to Moolchand Underpass, primarily because of waterlogging within the neighborhood of Lajpat Nagar.
The visitors chaos prolonged to each carriageways of Outer Ring Street and the carriageway from Safdarjung in the direction of Dhaula Kuan on Ring Street. The carriageway from Badarpur in the direction of Mehrauli on MB Street, the stretch between Kalindi Kunj and Okhla Property Street, and Mayapuri Chowk had been additionally severely impacted.
