I received a mail from Arun Shaw who writes, “I am writing to you as a disturbed citizen. My office is in Connaught Place and residence at Vikaspuri. On my way back home I go via Dhaula Kuan then take the RingRoad, turn left from Brar Square to enter Delhi Cantt and then take the Hari Nagar Depot route.

“For the past few months there has been a perennial jam on this route once we take a left turn from Brar Square towards Delhi Cantt. Traffic flow is really slow from Cariappa Vihar roundabout to Kirby Place signal and from Kirby Place Signal to Signal before the start of Delhi Cantt Bridge. Even condition of traffic during peak hours at the Lajwanti Garden flyover is bad.

“There is complete chaos from 6:30 pm onwards to as late as 10:30 pm. There are long queues at the mentioned stretches. It becomes very irritating if one is going back home tired and then on top have to deal with jams, queues, aggressive and undisciplined driving.”

Well, Arun not building an underpass at Station Road-NH8 T-junction by the Delhi government has proved disastrous. In fact, even if the government had taken a decision not to make an underpass, they should have promptly built a flyover with loops at Brar Square and further strengthened the road network at Delhi cantonment area. It is sheer foolishness on part of the government machinery and poor citizens have to pay for it. I just hope Delhi Traffic Police works out an amicable solution to this problem.