Opposition slams govt. for traffic chaos

Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010

 Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V. K. Malhotra has accused the Delhi Government of failing to come up with an integrated traffic plan for the Capital because of which people were facing jams across the city.

Reacting to an alleged statement of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, the senior BJP leader said it was wrong on the part of Ms. Dikshit to blame the conduct of the people for the traffic chaos. "The statement by the Chief Minister only reflects her inability to solve problems," he added.

Prof. Malhotra said in October 2002 the Delhi Government through the Transport Minister had proposed far reaching improvements in Delhi's transport infrastructure and issued a booklet titled 'Tackling Urban Transport: Operating Plan for Delhi' which promised a series of improvements. "But even after eight years, nothing has happened on the ground," he lamented.

Stating that the much-touted 'Integrated Transport Policy' of the Delhi Government has also not taken off, he said these failures only show that the Sheila Dikshit Government was "not sincere about implementing any of it".

It is a consequence of this failure of the Delhi Government, he said, that people spend hours on the roads every day trying to move through the traffic snarls.

Original news source http://beta.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article79587.ece