Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Capital’s Bus Rapid Transit corridor has heard many angry voices. Four days have passed since the corridor was opened for trial runs, but so far it has been only a drudge for the commuter on this 5.6 km long stretch in south Delhi.
It is time for the authorities to take responsibility for the chaos unleashed on the roads of Delhi.
“There were mistakes made at the micro level, some issues were ignored,” said Transport Commissioner (Delhi), Rajani Kant Verma. “Without going for real tests, we shouldn't have removed the old traffic signals but somehow, we removed them! Frankly speaking, what we are doing today is a trial. This could have been known earlier only if we'd done a trial.”
Such is the pressure that even the normally vocal Chief Minister is now on the back foot, putting the blame on the conceptualizing agencies.
“I think collectively the agencies which were supposed to do it, they are the ones who are responsible. I don't think they paid it the kind of meticulous attention that they should have done,” stated CM Shiela Dixit.
Implementing agencies like the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System are already in damage control mode – they are regulating traffic by manually setting the signal cycle.
As temporary reprieve, the signal cycle has allotted the maximum time to the car lanes, but that is just a short-term measure.
“We have definitely managed to ease out traffic,” said Senior Manager (Bus Operations) DIMTS, R S Minhas. “Since Monday traffic here is far better, but we will start educating people on the road. It was worst on Monday, it has eased on Tuesday, and today we are finding it much better than (it was on) Monday and Tuesday.”
Moreover, to ease traffic on car lanes, light goods vehicles will not be allowed on the corridor during peak hours and bus lanes will be opened to taxis.
Apart from that, the law is all set to come down heavily on traffic offenders. In a week's time, penalties will be enforced if you slip into the wrong lane.
The BRT corridor project may be poorly-conceptualised one but the CM thinks she can still make it work. She has asked people of Delhi for twenty days and if it still doesn't work, she has said she would have another look at the entire project.
With inputs from Mansi Sharma
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