The Delhi authorities is planning a four-kilometre elevated hall alongside Trunk Drain 1 to decongest the essential Swami Dayanand Marg, which connects Anand Vihar to Shahdara, officers conscious of the matter mentioned on Monday. The proposed hall goals to supply an alternate route for via site visitors in certainly one of east Delhi’s most congested corridors.
The elevated highway is anticipated to run from close to Shyamlal Faculty and Bihari Colony, near the Shahdara flyover on GT Street, and finish close to the Karkari Mor flyover, passing alongside the Ghazipur drain, mentioned officers aware of the federal government’s plan. The challenge was reviewed throughout a web site inspection by Public Works Division (PWD) and Irrigation & Flood Management (I&FC) minister Parvesh Verma, Trans Yamuna Growth Board chairman Arvinder Singh Pretty, and native MLAs.
Pretty acknowledged that the hall might be modelled alongside the traces of the deliberate Munak elevated hall. “Swami Dayanand Marg is the artery of east Delhi’s site visitors… It’s extremely congested because of site visitors load, and we plan to develop an elevated hall on pillars alongside the drain to supply an alternate,” he defined. The route is important for commuters heading towards Preet Vihar, ITO, Akshardham, or from Shyamlal Faculty to Ghazipur.
A authorities official, who requested to not be recognized, mentioned that whereas overlaying pure drains is prohibited by the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT), pillars for an elevated hall could be constructed alongside the drain’s edge – much like how the Barapullah flyover was developed. The proposed six-lane hall is anticipated to ease congestion in areas similar to Gandhi Nagar, Preet Vihar, Gagan Vihar, Previous Anarkali, Karkardooma, and Krishna Nagar.
BS Vohra, head of the East Delhi RWA joint entrance, and an everyday commuter on the stretch, mentioned that regardless of being a key connecting highway, Swami Dayanand Marg has been lengthy ignored in mobility planning.
“There are 5 crimson mild junctions and it turns into tough to cross via it throughout peak hours when every junction has a ready time of over 5 minutes. If any steps are taken to take away this bottleneck it will be useful however these plans ought to materialise on floor. Earlier the authorities had shared completely different plans about growing parking house alongside the drain.”
Vohra mentioned that the drain can be closely polluted and it turns into insufferable to cross via the world. “We hope they’re additionally engaged on bio remediation and remedy of the drain as effectively,” he mentioned.
Pretty added that the I&FC division will execute the challenge, and a advisor will quickly be appointed to check the hall. The Trans Yamuna Growth Board may additionally contribute funding if required.
Verma posted on X: “As a way to strengthen Delhi’s site visitors system and holding in thoughts the long run necessities, an evaluation of the probabilities for setting up an elevated highway on Trunk Drain-1 … was carried out right now.”
