The Delhi Police Commissioner Balaji Srivastav on Twitter highlighted the issue of traffic congestion near the Rail Bhawan en-route to Parliament on Tuesday, to the Delhi Traffic Police (DTP).
“Daily heavy traffic jam en-route to Parliament near Rail Bhavan. Needs attention at senior levels of DTP @dtptraffic and proper traffic management,” stated the CP’s official account on Twitter.
A senior traffic official, however, cited the ongoing construction work and a breakdown of a DTC bus at Red Cross road on Tuesday morning, as the reason for the heavy traffic jam witnessed in the area.
“Deep sewer work is being carried out at Red Cross road, so half of the road is blocked and only the other half of the road is available for vehicular traffic,” said the senior traffic official.
“If one needs to reach the Parliament, Red Cross is the only road available because Parliament Street beyond a point is one way.
So the traffic comes from the Red Cross road and takes a right turn towards Parliament Street, he said, citing that other roads such as Rafi Marg and Rajendra Prasad road are also one way.
“On Tuesday morning, at the starting of the Red Cross rail Bhawan, the local police had put up a picket for checking and on the other end, the breakdown of a DTC bus led to traffic jams at the Rail Bhawan area," the traffic police official said.
To decongest the roundabout at Rail Bhawan, the traffic police said they had already diverted the buses approaching the road but traffic cannot be diverted completely because the MPs also move through the same road to reach Parliament Gate no. 2.