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Supreme Court summons Police Commissioner to make Delhi free from traffic congestion

Dated: July 21, 2018

The Supreme Court today summoned Delhi Police Commissioner after the Delhi Government has sought two years for decongesting Delhi and making it traffic free.

The Supreme Court got angry over a statement made by the Delhi Government that it will take two long years for removal of 77 traffic bottlenecks that were identified by the Delhi Police when they submitted a report on traffic congestion in February 2017.

“Why should it take two years”, Justice Lokur questioned Wasim Qadri, the Advocate for Delhi Government who replied,  “That much time has been sought since constructions of flyovers, underpasses and foot over-bridges would take time.”

Justice Lokur then retorted, “That means people of Delhi will have to face bottlenecks for another two to three years?”

“For the sake of people of Delhi, we are summoning the police commissioner to explain the failure to implement the recommendations of the task force”, the bench comprising of Justice Deepak Gupta said.

The Supreme Court was informed yesterday by the Delhi Government about the timeline for removal of traffic bottlenecks at 77 congested corridors, by further adding that these kinds of short-term measures like minor improvements in road geometrics to deal with the issue would take about six to eight months.

Elaborating the measures for removing such bottlenecks, the city government had said the same have been categorized as ‘short-term’ and ‘long-term’ measures and also gave reasons for traffic congestion in the National Capital.

Giving further clarifications, the Delhi government has also stated that steps are being taken to broaden the roads to deal with traffic congestion. But the Supreme Court bench is not concerned with the answers given by the Delhi government as it is just looking to make Delhi a traffic free-city soon.