BRT operator proposes measures to decongest South Delhi corridor.

Even as the fate of the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand BRT corridor hangs in balance, the operators of the corridor, the Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit Systems (DIMTS), have submitted proposals to the Delhi Transport Department to decongest the corridor.

The proposed plan, in the immediate term, is primarily aimed at decongesting the Chirag Dilli intersection - the biggest traffic bottleneck on the 5.8-km-long corridor.

The plan includes providing an additional traffic signal before the said intersection near the Chirag Dilli village and utilising two unused roads in the vicinity - one near Masjid Moth village and the other running parallel to the drain near Chirag Dilli nursery - for diverting traffic from the intersection.

Officials said the proposed interventions, which have been done after an analysis of the traffic volume on all major roads at and around the intersections, would decrease the signal cycles and almost double the dispersal of traffic at the Chirag Dilli intersection.

THE HINDU