Summary:
The Delhi Traffic police asked commuters to avoid Zakhira Underpass, Azadpur underpass and Shakti Nagar underpass temporarily
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Morning showers were reported in Delhi which caused a lot of area to be water-logged which further lad to a lot of traffic in the city.
The Delhi Traffic police asked commuters to avoid Zakhira Underpass, Azadpur underpass and Shakti Nagar underpass temporarily.
Traffic Alert
Traffic is affected in Zakhira underpass, Azadpur under pass and Shakti Nagar underpass due to water-logging.Inconvenience is regretted.
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 1, 2021
The Delhi Traffic police alert on Sunday morning on Twitter read, “Traffic is affected in Zakhira underpass, Azadpur underpass and Shakti Nagar underpass due to water-logging.
Inconvenience is regretted.”
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) August 1, 2021
Traffic police officers said that they are trying to encourage commuters to avoid these routes so that accidents can be avoided.
Once the water levels subside, they will post a similar update so that commuters can start taking the route again.
Earlier this year, the Public Works Department had issued a circular saying that underpasses traffic around underpasses in Delhi, will be stopped temporarily, if the area is flooded and the depth of the water crosses 20 cm, in order to avoid accidents.
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