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Delhi Traffic Alert: Avoid Barapullah Phase-3 Flyover Due to Massive Jams and One-Hour Delays
- •Commuters are facing severe traffic jams and delays of over one hour on the newly opened Barapullah Phase-III elevated corridor near Sundial Park and Sarai Kale Khan.
- •The gridlock is caused by 8 to 9 lanes of traffic from the new corridor and Mayur Vihar abruptly merging into just 2 to 3 lanes on the older flyover phases.
- •Delhi Traffic Police has written two formal letters to the Public Works Department urging an urgent redesign of the Sundial Park junction to fix the lane mismatch and 90-degree layout.
- •Traffic is currently being diverted toward NH-24 and the DND Flyway, with authorities advising motorists to avoid the affected stretch.
- •Google Maps is reportedly failing to reflect real-time congestion on Phase-III, continuing to mislead unsuspecting drivers into the bottleneck.
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Heavy traffic congestion occurs because 8 to 9 lanes of traffic from the new corridor, Mayur Vihar, and the DND side abruptly merge into just 2 to 3 available lanes on the Old Barapullah Flyover near Sundial Park. This lane-capacity mismatch, combined with a sharp 90-degree layout and a failure of Google Maps to reflect live congestion, has resulted in delays exceeding one hour.
The Delhi Traffic Police are actively diverting vehicles from Barapullah Phase-III towards NH-24 and the DND Flyway. Additionally, the Traffic Police have written formal letters to the Public Works Department (PWD) seeking an urgent redesign of the Sundial Park junction, and a meeting was held with PWD and NHAI officials to explore restructuring options to eliminate the gridlock.
Commuters traveling through the affected stretch are strongly advised to avoid the Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor and use alternative routes via NH-24 and the Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) Flyway, where traffic personnel are present to regulate movement.
