HEAVY TRAFFIC, SNARLS WITNESSED AFTER MALLS, RELIGIOUS PLACES AND BORDERS REOPEN

NEW DELHI: Snarls at the border, heavy traffic on streets, these were the scenes which were witnessed on Monday, a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced the opening of national capital’s borders with Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. More relaxation was given to people on Monday as religious places, restaurants, malls reopened.

Heavy vehicular traffic was witnessed at the DND, Kalindi Kunj-noida, Ghazipur-delhi and Delhi-gurugram borders

leading to long queues. A traffic police official said that comparing other days there was an increase of 20 per cent in traffic. “During the

lockdown, traffic was less but today we saw an increase. Religious places, malls were opened today so people visited there. Currently, Metro services are closed so commuters used their vehicles due to which traffic was heavy,” an official said.

There were lots of confusion related to passes. Most of the commuters were reaching to Delhi Traffic Police to know whether they required e-passes to travel to other states. Meanwhile, traffic snarls were reported from different parts of South Delhi, West Delhi.

The Delhi Police also conducted a drive related to lane driving on important roads having proper lane markings. A total of 1,008 violations were registered for violating lane driving from June 4 to June 7.

Heavy traffic snarls were witnessed at the Delhi-noida border near Delhi-noidaDirect flyway (DND) and chilla border area on Monday morning leading to long queues.

On Monday, as the number of office goers increased, many people with no proper passes to enter Noida and Ghaziabad were returned from the borders. The restriction led to confusion thus creating bottlenecks at the border area.

“We have not received any direction from district administration for opening borders with Delhi. As of now, the borders will remain sealed and entry will be allowed only to those who are involved in essential services or having passes issued by district magistrate” said Rajnish Verma, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Noida.

After two and a half months, the smooth movement of traffic was witnessed along the Delhigurugram border. The traffic was allowed to go ahead without any movement passes. After Gurugram Police removed the barricades, there was also no strict vigil by the law enforcement officials from the Delhi side of the border. The highest amount of traffic was once again witnessed at Sirhaul, the busiest point of the Delhigurugram border.