Easing traffic flow: 30 Delhi hot spots in focus

Of previously identified 62 traffic hot spots, the traffic police have decided to start with 30 corridors

- Hemani Bhandari

The Delhi Traffic Police have prioritised 30 congestion hot spots across the city for focused enforcement of traffic rules, by earmarking locations or zones where traffic police interventions alone can significantly ease traffic flow due to minimal involvement of other civic agencies, officials aware of the matter said on Wednesday.

According to a status report prepared by the Delhi Traffic Police the day before, the priority points are part of the 62 congestion hot spots previously identified in a citywide drive. These 30 points have been selected to enable “quicker, enforcement-led interventions”, a senior police officer said.

The officer, requesting anonymity, said, “We identified and decided to work on these points because at these points, there is zero to very less involvement of other civic agencies for decongestion. For instance, if decongestion needs to happen due to the construction of a flyover, there's not much police can do. But at these points, by increasing deployment and prosecution, we can manage the flow of traffic.”