ITO going under triggers massive traffic spillovers across Delhi
Hindustan TimesParts of central Delhi’s ITO and Mathura Road were submerged on Friday even as the army and the navy were deployed to bring the flooding under control. Commuters on Vikas Marg spent hours wading through inundated roads, while the Delhi Traffic Police said that vehicular movement will be closed on Saturday on the stretch on both the carriageways — from Laxmi Nagar to ITO and vice-versa -- due to the waterlogging. Officials said that the situation worsened on the stretch after a drain regulator broke down at 7pm on Thursday even as five of the 32 gates at the barrage along the old ITO bridge were also jammed, causing a swollen Yamuna to enter one of the busiest traffic junctions of Delhi. We’ve also restricted vehicular movement on Mahatma Gandhi Marg on both the carriageways from Sarai Kale Khan towards Rajghat and vice-versa. According to an advisory issued by the Delhi Traffic Police on Friday evening, vehicular movement was closed on Bhairon Marg, Ring Road-IP Depot to IP flyover to Majnu Ka Tilla, Old Iron Bridge to Shamshan Ghat, Salimgarh bypass, and Mukarba Chowk to Wazirabad, Outer Ring Road, etc.
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