Priya Aditi
Delhi Traffic Advisory: The Delhi Traffic Police issued a warning on Thursday due to the Yamuna’s persistently rising water level, which has severely impacted the city’s traffic flow. The advisory issued by the city’s Traffic Police advises commuters to avoid certain routes due to flooding and waterlogging. Due to waterlogging in various sections of the city, there is currently a massive traffic jam in the Sarai Kale Khan neighborhood.
Residents have been advised to avoid Mahatma Gandhi Marg between IP Flyover and Chandgi Ram Akhara, Mahatma Gandhi Marg between Kalighat Mandir and Delhi Secretariat, and Outer Ring Road between Wazirabad Bridge and Chandgi Ram Akhara.
In order to regulate traffic, the movement of commercial vehicles has been regulated in the nation’s capital. According to the advisory, non-destination commercial vehicles will be prohibited from entering Delhi. They will be rerouted onto the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways. Commercial vehicles will not be permitted between Mukarba Chowk and Wazirabad Bridge in order to regulate traffic flow.
Commercial vehicles will be diverted away from Sarai Kale Khan, and none will be permitted between Sarai Kale Khan and IP Flyover, according to the advisory. Additionally, commercial vehicles will be rerouted from the Ghazipur border and Akshardham to the DND.
Thursday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that government and private institutions in areas affected by waterlogging in the nation’s capital will be closed. Kejriwal tweeted, “Closing all government and private schools in areas affected by waterlogging.”
