Traffic snarls were reported from several parts of the national Capital on Tuesday, causing inconvenience to commuters. Several people complained that areas including Paschim Vihar, Delhi-Gurugram expressway, Punjabi Bagh ring road, Rohini Sector-24, Karol Bagh, Mahavir Enclave, Karkari Mor, Vasundhra Enclave, Jhandewalan, SP Marg, Chhatarpur, Durgapuri India Gate, GTB hospital, etc were facing major roadblocks and demanded solutions, tagging the traffic department.
While some people cited metro construction for the jams, other said illegal parking, faulty red lights were causing the problem.
The Twitter wall of Delhi’s traffic police department was filled with complaints on Tuesday as people shared videos and photos of massive traffic snarls in various parts of the national Capital. The Delhi Traffic Police said it received several calls of traffic-related issues so far on Tuesday from different parts of the city.
According to officials, traffic may remain affected in central Delhi due to the arrival of a large number of diplomats and foreign ministers to attend the G20 meeting. The G20 foreign ministers' meeting is slated for March 1 and 2 in the city. Foreign Ministers of almost all G20 countries, including Japan's Hayashi Yoshimasa, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Canada's Melanie Joly, are set to attend the meeting.