The residents of B-Block of Priyadarshini Vihar have been suffering from a heavy commercial traffic on a colony's inner lanes. This lane between Gate No.B-1 and B-2 is, although 30' wide, the working space is hardly 20', and is located just parallel to a newly constructed over 10 ft. wide 4-lane main highway on the Khureji nallah, called dis-used canal.
When this road was not constructed, the politicians and the bureaucrats had given assurances that once the road was ready, the woes of our residents would be over. This road is functional for over two years now, and the RWA and the residents have met with the area MLA, who is also a senior minister in the Delhi Government; the area Councillor, and the Traffic Police right up to the Joint Commissioner level, a number of times, but the problems of the residents remain unresolved. The traffic is so much used to using this lane as a convenient short-cut to and from their destinations, that they start fighting with the residents who try to stop them. Traffic james on this hardly 100 meter long lane, is common. High speed and honking by vehicles prohibit the children and the elderly people to even come out of their own houses.
The ACP (Traffic) has been requested several times to provide two constables for peak hours to divert the traffic on to the dis-used canal road, particularly the tractor-trolleys, mini trucks, mini buses, buffalo-driven buggies and other commercial vehicles, during peak hours. No one listens and the residents living on that lane, including over 20 senior citizens, continue to suffer this trauma.
Ram Gupta
General Secretary
Priyadarshini Vihar RWA
