An enormous visitors snarl was seen on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway and the connecting roads on Tuesday after the Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) closed the Hero Honda Chowk underpass on Monday night after commuters raised complaints alleging that stones got here from the roof of the construction and hit their automobiles, inflicting damages.
The snarl on the expressway carriageway resulting in Delhi stretched as much as the cloverleaf intersection from the chowk. Then again, the Sector 37 predominant highway and the highway connecting the Subhash Chowk and Hero Honda Chowk additionally noticed congestion on account of elevated vehicular stress within the space on Tuesday morning.
Following the closure, the Gurugram visitors police elevated the deployment of visitors police personnel on the chowk and on the stretch to scale back congestion on the almost 6.6-kilometer stretch connecting main metropolis hubs. The congestion lasted until a minimum of 4 hours between 9am to 1pm.
NHAI together with a workforce from the central highway analysis institute (CRRI) on Tuesday, carried out an in depth inspection of the underpass and checked the construction utilizing hammers. “Now we have closed the motion of automobiles since final night time. The stones which have been mendacity on the highway have been cleared and a few of the samples have been despatched for forensic evaluation,” the freeway official current on the website stated.
After the inspection was over round 1.30 pm, the NHAI workforce opened the carriageway on the left hand aspect from Subash Chowk in direction of Dwarka expressway. The opposite aspect of the underpass was opened round 2 PM, which decreased the congestion and visitors jam on the freeway.
When requested in regards to the matter, the NHAI launched a press release on Tuesday night on social media, X stating the incident didn’t contain any structural harm to the underpass or the Nationwide Freeway.
The Gurugram Police on Tuesday stated that following complaints by automobile homeowners a case has been registered in opposition to unidentified individuals at Sadar Police station.
A senior visitors police officer deployed on the chowk for visitors regulation stated three extra zonal officers (ZOs), together with common enforcements, have been deployed within the space to make sure that the visitors stream stays clean.
Site visitors police additionally issued an advisory on Tuesday to divert the motion of automobiles heading in direction of Civil Traces by way of Mor Chowk. The Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG) is at the moment developing a highway from Mor Chowk to Civil Traces.
“Drivers travelling to Civil Traces by way of Mor Chowk can take a U-turn from Agrawal Dharamshala Chowk-Mahavir Chowk, then proceed previous Civil Hospital and switch left by way of Session Home to succeed in Patel Nagar, Jharsa, and so forth,” the advisory learn.
To make certain, the Hero Honda flyover and underpass have been opened to visitors in 2017. Since then, the flyover witnessed damages 4 to 5 occasions. On April 23, 2018, a a big pothole had appeared on the flyover on the Jaipur to Delhi aspect. On Could 8, 2019 once more, a pothole appeared on the flyover once more. Final 12 months in January, one lane of the flyover, on the Jaipur to Delhi aspect, was broken at two spots over a 200-meter stretch. In Could 2024, the flyover was broken after which repaired but it surely collapsed once more in January 2025. An inspection of the underpass was carried out by CRRI final 12 months additionally discovered cracks within the underpass at Hero Honda Chowk.
