Zero tolerance on five more roads

Tuesday, Nov 30, 2010




In a bid to decongest the city, traffic police has added five more corridors in the city to a list of 10, where a zero tolerance policy against traffic offences has been adopted by them.

The five new corridors are Outer Ring Road from Modi Mill flyover to Rao Tula Ram Marg, Africa Avenue-Vinay Marg, Vikas Marg from IP flyover to Karkari, NH-24 from Nizamuddin to Ghazipur and Teen Murti roundabout to C-Hexagon through Akbar Road. ''We have identified five more corridors for traffic improvement after we initiated the drive on 10 corridors earlier this month. With such strict measures in place, we hope to see a marked improvement in Delhi's traffic situation,'' said Satyendra Garg, joint commissioner of police (traffic).

At the selected corridors, a number of measures will be taken to smoothen traffic flow. These include deployment of traffic policemen at bus stops and main traffic intersections and more cops on bikes. Buses and trucks will also have to ply in the extreme left lane while autorickshaws and other utility vehicles will have to use the middle lane and cars will be in the right lane.

The first 10 corridors where these measures had been initiated earlier this month included Outer Circle in Connaught Place, Ring Road from Ashram to Naraina, Tilak Marg, Lodhi Road and Nelson Mandela Marg. The project was initiated after B K Gupta took over as commissioner of police on November 10.

''Our initiative with the first 10 corridors has done quite well. Earlier traffic bottle necks like Ring Road, Ashram and Naraina have become jam-free even in peak hours unless of course there is a breakdown or some other unforseen event. Traffic on these stretches will improve significantly in a short while. The department has received several suggestions on what should be implemented and we will look into each of them,'' said Garg.

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