This story is from October 24, 2020

East Delhi municipal corporation readies plan to decongest Anand Vihar

To take stock of congestion during peak hours, East Delhi Municipal Corporation commissioner Dilraj Kaur and joint commissioner, traffic police, Meenu Chaudhary visited Anand Vihar on Thursday. It is one of the 13 pollution hotspots in the city.
East Delhi municipal corporation readies plan to decongest Anand Vihar
The corporation plan includes regulating the traffic by removing hawkers from roadsides through daily drives and taking action against autos parked haphazardly
NEW DELHI: To take stock of congestion during peak hours, East Delhi Municipal Corporation commissioner Dilraj Kaur and joint commissioner, traffic police, Meenu Chaudhary visited Anand Vihar on Thursday. It is one of the 13 pollution hotspots in the city.
During the visit, it was decided to decongest the area by regulating the traffic, removing hawkers or vendors occupying roadsides through daily drives and by taking action against haphazardly parked autos and other vehicles.

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“During the peak hours, air quality declines drastically in the area. Despite being a signal-free intersection, the main road leading to Anand Vihar ISBT, Metro and railway stations witnesses traffic congestion for various reasons, including haphazard parking of autos and private buses. These vehicles often halt abruptly to pick up passengers. The east corporation officials discussed these points with the two officials during their visit,” said a senior EDMC official.
“It has been decided that no tehbazari will be allowed on road and autos will be parked in service lanes (near prepaid booths) in an organised manner. Violators will be heavily penalised. We have also decided to approach the railways, ISBT and Delhi Metro for improving the movement plan in the area,” the official added.
The east corporation, meanwhile, claimed to have engaged 18 water tankers and a smog gun in Anand Vihar for dust emission and water sprinkling. In each of the two places—Mandoli and Vivek Vihar industrial areas—14 water tankers, one smog gun and three water tankers are engaged. The civic body has almost doubled the number of teams, from 16 to 28, for checking pollution due to construction and waste burning.
“Senior officials have also been asked to go for random visits in early morning peak hours and late night to check the status of dust mitigation measures,” said another official.
The civic body claims to have issued 436 challans between October 17 and October 22 against the violators and imposed a penalty of Rs 16.2 lakh on them. Rs 3.3 lakh has been collected so far.
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