Connaught Place is changing drastically in its landscape as well as traffic flow. Well, if the new traffic plan announced by the New Delhi Municipal Council is enforced lot of people will get hassled as they take short cuts through the inner and middle circle of Connaught Place in order to stay away from traffic congestion on outer circle. I don’t know how well is the decision of a single entry and single exit plan for Connaught Place. But I am sure the traffic cops have to do some thinking if NDMC enforces the new traffic circulation.

NDMC plans to make the entry to Connaught Place from Janpath side and exit towards Baba Kharag Singh marg. As of now the exit for Baba Kharag Singh Marg is a problemy affair. It is due to traffic police’s signal system. The signal for traffic turning right while coming from Inner Circle at Baba Kharag Singh marg intersection turns green simultaneously with traffic entering CP’s outer circle from Baba Kharag Singh Marg. This creates a clash of traffic movement from both sides due to which the dispersal rate on both these intersections is very less.

Currently the other exit points in CP’s inner circle make the dispersal of vehicles easy, but what will happen if there is only one exit point and the dispersal rate at the traffic signal is so slow at Baba Kharag Singh marg intersection. It will be utter chaos and even the inner circle will get choked due to this. The traffic police should immediately do some changes to the traffic signal at this point.

They shouldn’t let the flow of traffic coming from both sides (Baba Kharag Singh side and inner circle side) merge on outer circle of Connnaught Place. The green signal for each flow should be separate so that dispersal is easy and there is less chaos. The problem there is a large number of buses entering CP from Baba Kharag Singh Marg and CP is the only place where buses restrict themselves to the bus lane thus forming a continuous chain. It is almost impossible to turn towards Shivaji Stadium for smaller vehicles entering outer circle from CP’s inner circle, as the buses don’t give you a way. This problem needs an immediate attention of the Traffic Police.