From this month (December) 15, the 28-year-old Okhla barrage, an important link between Delhi and Noida, will be closed for repairs for two months. The UP Irrigation Department is expected to finally start restoring the decrepit bridge after an inspection earlier this year revealed how susceptible it was to a mishap.
The repair work will be done in phases, with one carriageway to be closed at a time for a month each while one-way traffic movement will be allowed on the other side. The Delhi-Noida stretch will be closed first. This can prove to be a traffic nightmare and Delhi and Noida traffic police are working out a plan for the area.
With work on Delhi Metro’s Phase III to start soon – from South Extension to trans-Yamuna area – traffic snarls worse than usual are expected at Ashram, Nizamuddin Bridge and DND toll road. Almost 1 lakh vehicles pass through the Okhla barrage road every day though it was built for 10,000 vehicles only.
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