The ‘one-way scheme’ or one-way traffic circulation plan will be implemented on trial basis on Padam Singh Road and Tank Road in  Delhi’s Karol Bagh from Monday.

According to a senior Delhi traffic police official, it would be implemented gradually on four other roads of the area, Pyare Lal Road, Hardhyan Singh Road, Gurudwara Road, and Saraswati Marg. The move comes in for providing seamless and smooth traffic movement and is being used to create a one-way loop system for comfortable movement of all modes of transport, said an official press release.

Karol Bagh which is a is a hub of commercial establishments having garments, jewellary, electronic items and car dealers and registers heavy footfall and vehicular movement throughout the day thereby leading to on street parking of the vehicles on all the major roads of Karol Bagh.

One -way circulation plan of Karol Bagh area was approved by the UTTIPEC in April, 2010 and the trial run on these roads was also conducted for sometime but could not be continued thereafter. Now in a concerted effort by Delhi Traffic Police along with other civic agencies, one-way circulation plan on the six roads in Karol Bagh area is being revived with its implementation initially on Padam Singh Road and Tank road.

“Meeting with RWAs and MWAs of Karol Bagh area has been conducted and the finer points of circulation plan have been deliberated with them, as their co-operation is of utmost importance for the successful implementation of the one-way circulation scheme,” said the senior traffic police official. 

“About 50 Delhi Traffic Police officers along with marshals from MCD would be deployed to man all the intersections of Tank road and Padam Singh Road to regulate the traffic,” the senior traffic police official added.