New Delhi, The Public Works Division plans to rope in consultants to conduct research to cut back visitors congestion at key areas within the nationwide capital.
Delhi govt plans to rope in consultants to analyse visitors jams at 5 areas
In response to the Delhi authorities’s plan, 5 areas — Metcalf Home junction, Kingsway Highway junction, Mukarba Chowk junction, ITO junction and one junction on Ring Highway — have been recognized for floor surveys.
PWD minister Parvesh Verma stated the consultants will present the explanations behind the visitors congestion at these factors and counsel methods to ease vehicular motion.
“We will soon finalise the agencies, and work will start on a pilot basis at five locations initially, based on the results,” PWD minister Parvesh Verma stated after a gathering on the Delhi Secretariat.
He added that the federal government’s focus might be to reinforce know-how for clean visitors administration and enhance highway infrastructure, significantly in design and security requirements.
Underneath these pilot initiatives, the federal government will rent not less than 5 consultants in highway security and design and concrete infrastructure.
In addition to the 5 areas, a visitors examine of Madhuban Chowk is already underway by PWD, the place a advisor is engaged on a decongestion plan.
Since 2022, the PWD has been planning a complete decongestion mission for each Mukarba Chowk and Madhuban Chowk in northwest Delhi; nonetheless, work couldn’t be executed.
Moreover, officers stated that over 800 visitors congestion factors had been recognized two years in the past by the PWD however added that no steps had been taken to resolve the problems.
They stated these areas would even be studied later.
“At present, about 233 traffic congestion points have been identified by Delhi Police. Most of these points are under the jurisdiction of PWD, so the plan is to fix these spots on a strict timeline.
“Directions have been given to finish the work as quickly as attainable,” PWD minister Verma stated.
In response to the newest Delhi Highway Crash Fatalities Report 2023, 1,257 highway crashes had been recorded within the nationwide capital, making it the best among the many prime 10 metro cities of India.
Since coming to energy, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has held two high-level conferences on visitors congestion. She stated earlier that the federal government is working to discover a everlasting answer to visitors jams, highway accidents, and different associated issues.