Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Soon the topography of Barakhamba Road will also be changed due to Metro Construction. The work for Dwarka-Barakhamba Road (Line 3) extension will start from December 1. Metro people are presently busy cutting trees on both sides of Barakhamba road as well as breaking the pedestrian’s path in order to expand it. Traffic police claims that traffic will remain unaffected due to the expansion of Barakhamba Road. DCP (Traffic / New Delhi Range) A.S. Cheema says, “We have asked them to provide the same space to motorists as it is now. Since Metro work will be on the middle of the Barakhamba Road, so DMRC is building the road on the sides. But traffic movement won’t be affected.” The only people affected due to this will be those who used to park on the service lanes. The Dwarka-Barakhamba Road Line 3 extension is supposed to have three stations extra viz. Mandi House, Pragati Maidan and I.P. Depot connecting the Ring Road. Mandi House will have an underground station and then in the middle of Sikandra Road, Metro will emerge on the ground. I hope at the Mandi House roundabout, traffic arrangement will be better managed otherwise it will be chaos there. Meanwhile, Sharad Kashyap from Yamuna Vihar has another problem. He says, “Madanpura-Tuglaqabad bridge is very dangerous. There are no bus lanes. Buses drive here at 60-70 kmph. Two to three accidents took place in the last three months. There are no police personnel to check the rash truck drivers. Please help me to get to the authorities.”

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