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Barapullah Phase-III Corridor Faces Major Traffic Bottleneck
- •Commuters faced severe delays on the Mayur Vihar-AIIMS route due to traffic congestion on the newly opened Barapullah Phase-III corridor.
- •Delhi Traffic Police reported that the main bottleneck occurs where traffic from eight to nine lanes merges into just three lanes on the old Barapullah flyover.
- •Frustrated motorists took to X to share their experiences of crawling traffic and bumper-to-bumper jams during the morning rush hour.
- •Traffic personnel have been deployed at the merging points to regulate vehicle movement, while police noted that Google Maps failed to reflect the actual delays.
- •The corridor was recently inaugurated to improve connectivity between Mayur Vihar and south Delhi, but peak hour congestion has emerged as a major concern.
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The primary bottleneck occurs on the old Barapullah flyover, where traffic coming from eight to nine lanes across multiple approach routes converges into just three lanes. The new Phase-III flyover, the Sarai Kale Khan and DND loops, and the existing flyover all feed into this single point, causing severe congestion during morning peak hours.
The Barapullah Phase-III corridor was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, alongside other Delhi ministers.
The approximately 3.5-kilometer elevated corridor connects Mayur Vihar Phase I with Sarai Kale Khan, linking to the existing Barapullah network to create a 9-kilometer signal-free route toward AIIMS and South Delhi. Once fully operational and free of bottlenecks, the corridor aims to reduce travel time between Mayur Vihar and AIIMS to about 15 minutes.
