Messed up by illegal parking

NEW DELHI: The drive back to Aurobindo Marg after a movie in Saket is always a killjoy as crossing the signal at the end of Press Enclave Road takes 10 minutes even in off-peak hours. Why? Because it suits some people to park their cars illegally at the Adchini Market, 2km ahead. Police say haphazard parking along the main carriageway of Aurobindo Marg leaves just one lane for traffic, creating a funnel effect that is felt upstream up to the T-junction with Press Enclave Road.

Traffic experts say there is an urgent need to widen Aurobindo Marg and clear illegal parking along the stretch. At present, there are about two lanes available for traffic movement on the road near Adchini Market. However, many cars are either parked along the shops on the main carriageway, or halt on the roadside.

"As a result, traffic from the Qutub Minar side towards Adchini Market has to be given extra green time, which is about one-and-a-half minutes. This holds up vehicles on Press Enclave Road that need to turn right towards Adchini Market. The light remains red there for two-and-a-half minutes," said a traffic police officer of the area.

The resultant jam on Press Enclave Road stretches half a kilometre even in off-peak hours, as only 25 seconds of green time is given to the right-turning vehicles. As a result of the jam on Aurobindo Marg, only a handful of vehicles are able to turn right from Press Enclave Road in the 25 seconds.

Experts say civic and traffic enforcement agencies need to show will to address the problem . One, there should be a crackdown on illegal parking. Cars waiting on the carriageway should be challaned — as is done in the South Extension markets. Two, the road

should be widened. At some points the central verge on Aurobindo Marg is extremely wide, and some of the shops are almost on the edge of the road. Pushing these back and reducing the width of the median will increase road space. Three, more space for turning left on to Press Enclave Road from Aurobindo Marg will help reduce the traffic tail from the Adchini Market side. At present, the left-turning traffic has to wait along with the straight-moving traffic as there is little space to turn, police officials say.

"We have some plans that are at a discussion stage to implement on this corridor. We are exploring our options and will implement them according to feasibility," said additional commissioner of police (traffic) Anil Shukla.

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