Heavy rain triggers waterlogging and traffic congestion on Delhi-Gurugram Expressway

…in Gurugram by 6.30pm, traffic police officers said. Narayan Acharya, a commuter travelling from Gurugram to Kathmandu in Nepal by road, told HT that he had been trapped in the jam for the last two and a half hours. “ We found slow moving traffic from Iffco Chowk around 4pm. Now, its 6.30pm but we have not been able to cross the Sirhaul toll plaza on the Delhi-Gurugram border which is a distance of hardly about six kilometres ,” he said, adding his vehicle was still 200 metres behind the plaza. Vikas Kumar, another commuter travelling towards Delhi from Gurugram, told HT that the opposite carriageway leading to Jaipur was completely empty.…

…he said, adding his vehicle was still 200 metres behind the plaza. Vikas Kumar, another commuter travelling towards Delhi from Gurugram, told HT that the opposite carriageway leading to Jaipur was completely empty. “ There is no spot to even take even a U-turn now. I am trapped in my vehicle for the last three hours. Looking at the scenario, it seems it may take two to three more hours before I may be able to cross this entire stretch of jam,” he said, adding rain had further aggravated the situation. Assistant commissioner of…

…through Dwarka expressway,” he added. Yadav said he was having continuous conversations with his counterpart in Delhi, who had informed him that pumps had been installed near Shiv Murti to remove the waterlogging. “ The main drain there was not functional due which the water logging took place as per Delhi traffic police officials ,” he said. - ABOUT THE AUTHORDebashish KarmakarDebashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime,…