I received a call from a Greater Kailash Part II resident who didn’t want herself to be named. She says, “I am a member of the RWA and am a resident of S Block, GKII. There’s a colony road, which passes through E block and S Block of GK II in which buses ply. Although motorists use this road as the main road for going toward Alakhnanda, it bisects through the colony. There are literally no proper speed breakers on this road and recently an old lady died during her morning walk when a speeding car hit her. A few months back an old man also died in a similar kind of accidents. Something should be done about it.

“Another problem that we face here is of few vegetable and fruit hawkers who have encroached over public land. They disrupt the movement of traffic as people park their cars near these hawkers and this disrupts the movement of traffic. A particular case is of a fruit hawker who stands outside S-208, GKII. Presently the house here is under construction and these hawkers take benefit of that. This small patch has become like a subzi mandi. This is unsafe for we residents here and something should be done to move these guys from here. We have lodged complaint but nothing has happened till now. Recently robberies in this area have also increased.”

The problem of encroachment is everywhere and it’s true that such kinds of hawkers also are obstruction to free movement of traffic. I think local police should take some action. Regarding the question of speed breakers, traffic police should do something about it. Maybe, if possible, a central verge can be a solution. I have noticed people don’t drive that fast on roads with central verge.
But it’s a serious issue and should be addressed to immediately by the authorities.