Traffic police site to give updates on roadblocks

Tuesday, Oct 05, 2010



The next time you plan to head out on Delhi roads during the Commonwealth Games, make sure you check the Delhi Traffic Police  website for updates on road blocks and jams. The cops have started a new website on Monday which provides real time information on roads which have been closed or partially blocked for traffic. The facility will continue ever after the Games.

The website displays the congested roads on a map of the city provided by googlemaps. The traffic police have started plotting areas from where jams are being reported on the map on a real time basis. When one opens the webpage, commuters can either view the map or provide the place of origin and destination and the software will throw back the shortest route to take along with suggestions for diversions if there are any road blocks on the way.

The decision to start the link was taken after the cops found that the messages being posed on the original information providers, Delhi Traffic Police accounts on social networking sites facebook and twitter were becoming invisible with a 10-15 minute time lag due to sheer volume of posts coming in. "The social networking sites are full of responses so we thought of creating a dedicated page for advisories and diversions which people can consult. Details on all planned and unplanned obstructions will be posted on the page on a real-time basis,'' said Ajay Chadha, Special Commissioner of Police (traffic). The webpage can be accessed at www.delhitrafficpolice.nic.in, by clicking on a link related to Commonwealth Games 2010 routes.

Though the facility has been launched during the Commonwealth Games, it will continue even later. "After the Games, jams caused by accidents, waterlogging and traffic will also be displayed on the map,'' the officer added.

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