Delhi-Gurgaon traffic reaches all-time high

Gurgaon: Commuters on Gurgaon expressway are facing a tough time due to traffic snarls in morning and evening rush hours. Entry of heavy vehicles into Delhi and revised school hours have added to the heavy traffic.

In a bid to manage the traffic, the police has set up barricades on the expressway. As a result, the traffic movement is extremely slow in the city.  

The Delhi government had prohibited the entry of all heavy vehicles into the capital from Nov. 8. The only exemption was for vehicles carrying essential commodities.

It may be noted here that the government has lifted the ban on trucks entering Delhi.

Taking preventive measures to check traffic, the Gurgaon  administration has decided to divert all the trucks coming from outside, and to allow only Gurgaon-bound trucks into the district.

However, despite the entry ban, more than 200 trucks have somehow made their way into the district.

These include the ones, which conclude their journey in the capital or are from Delhi and thus, cannot take an alternate route.

The trucks parked on the service lane have created traffic bottlenecks on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway.

The revised timings are from 9 am to 3.30 pm for schools, opened from Tuesday, have added more misery to the plight of commuters.

Scores of school buses and vans plied on the roads further adding to the already heavy traffic conditions.

On Wednesday morning, areas, including Signature Tower, Medanta Road, Bakhtawar Chowk, Sohna Road, Jail Road, Madanpur Road and Railway Road faced massive snarls.

To deal with the heavy traffic congestion, the traffic police has set up as many as seven check posts on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and Gurgaon-Alwar highway at Kapriwas Chowk, IMT Manesar, Panchgaon Chowk, Shankar Chowk, Dwarka expressway and Vatika Chowk on Sohna Road.

Each check post is headed by a station house officer, who is in-charge of the post, and also has a PCR van stationed in its premises.