Traffic snarls, waterlogging as monsoon hits Delhi
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The newly opened Pragati Maidan tunnel, the ITO, the Ring Road, the Barapullah Corridor, the Delhi-Meerut expressway, and Sarai Kale Khan were just a few of the areas that were flooded as Delhi experienced its first monsoon showers on Thursday morning. This resulted in lengthy traffic jams.
Due to waterlogging, the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road underpass near Prahladpur had to be closed to traffic, which caused problems for commuters.
On Thursday morning, as rain pelted the nation’s capital, border crossings as well as city locations, including the Delhi-Noida border, Chilla border, UP Gate, and Delhi-Gurugram road, saw major traffic jams.
People posted videos and images of flooded streets, markets, and colonies on social media. Through a series of tweets, the Delhi Traffic Police warned commuters about waterlogging and severe traffic in crucial sectors.
Traffic flow has been impeded near Pul Prahladpur’s railway underpass. According to a series of tweets from the traffic police, both lanes of traffic are closed because of waterlogging.
Contrary to PWD’s assertions that the facility is outfitted with cutting-edge technologies to prevent water collection there, the recently completed Pragati Maidan tunnel also experienced waterlogging on Thursday morning.
Even though the monsoon rains brought relief from the sweltering heat, commuters started to experience problems as they dealt with traffic jams and waterlogging.
Archana Bagga, a commuter and bank officer, claimed that it took her one and a half hours to go from her home in Noida to her office at Central Secretariat.
Compared to other days, traffic was quite heavy today. The Noida-Delhi border, the Delhi-Meerut expressway, and the Pragati Maidan tunnel next to India Gate experienced the worst traffic bottlenecks. Bagga told PTI that today took me one and a half hours instead of his customary 45 to 50 minutes to get to work.
Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister, stated earlier this month that the Delhi government is prepared to fight waterlogging on a war footing and that it is concentrating on finding a solution through micro planning.
Using CCTV cameras, the Public Works Department (PWD) has installed a Central Control Room from which 10 crucial waterlogging sites in Delhi are continuously monitored.
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