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NH 24-Link Road T-point turns major bottleneck

GHAZIABAD: The Gautam Budh Nagar andGhaziabad authorities didn't seem to take traffic snarls into consideration while opening two lanes of the link road between Holland Factory in Greater Noida and NH-24 earlier this month. The under-construction T-point where the link road meets NH-24 has become a site of major chaos with commuters trying to wedge past their vehicles to use the road to travel between Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Delhi. Peak hours have been witnessing major jams due to lack of traffic personnel being posted there to monitor movement of vehicles. 

Only two lanes were opened to traffic earlier this month for commuters travelling between Greater Noida, Ghaziabad and Meerut since the GDA is yet to complete work on the service lanes and the central verge of the link road. However, in spite of the incomplete construction work, people have been using the stretch. With no traffic cops stationed in the area to check such violations and with the ongoing work adding to the chaos, the haphazard traffic movement results in major snarls through the day. 

"The chaos ends up slowing down complete traffic movement on the NH-24. Considering that some work is still being carried out, authorities should ensure that traffic cops are deployed in the area at least during peak hours," said Anubhav Ranjan, a resident of Ghaziabad and a regular commuter on the stretch. 

The GDA and the Greater Noida Authority, however, say that the problem is temporary as only some road strengthening and finishing work is remaining. "The NH-24 is a very busy stretch. Cops are stationed at the entry and exit points on the Highway. However, as the traffic volume is very high it often gets impossible to control," said Anil Kumar, traffic inspector, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad. 

 Source: TOI

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