Delhi gears up for monsoon: Traffic police to help man 71 key waterlogging hotspots
Deploying two personnel each to patrol 71 key waterlogging-prone areas, ensuring coordination with other departments — the Delhi Traffic Police is gearing up for the Southwest monsoon, which is expected to hit the Capital within the next two days, said senior officials.
These 71 locations are among over 350 across Delhi that have been identified by the Public Works Department (PWD) as critical zones.
Officials said these high-priority areas lie along major traffic corridors and remain vulnerable despite cleaning.
They include:
– 13 locations along Ring Road
– 3 along Mall Road
– 11 on the Rohtak Road stretch
– 9 along Outer Ring Road
– Other commonly affected zones such as Burari Road, Najafgarh Road, and the road under Tilak Bridge.
Special CP (Traffic) Ajay Chaudhary said, 'Usually, the Traffic Police is not directly involved with waterlogging issues. But we would be coordinating with other agencies and offering our services this monsoon for a better commute in the Capital.'
The decision was taken during an inter-department coordination meeting held on Friday in the presence of officials from the Public Works Department (PWD), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Delhi Metro, Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), and the Delhi Police.
Commenting on the development, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Dinesh Kumar Gupta said, 'The objective will be to first divert traffic from these points to avoid congestion. If a drain is overflowing at a certain point, alternate routes will be prepared in advance wherever possible. Traffic officials of the respective circle areas would be deployed to manually direct the traffic on these routes.'
If flooding increases, traffic officials are also instructed to call upon other departments, including the PWD, and seek immediate installation of pumps to drain the water.
The meeting also focused on the multiplicity of agencies at play in managing the waterlogging points.
For instance, between the Sir Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh Metro Station and the Durgabai Deshmukh Metro Station, waterlogging after heavy rains could be expected due to work on a sewer line connection being undertaken by DUSIB. Similarly, under the Delhi Cantonment Metro station, the sewer line linking to stormwater drainage can be a trigger for flooding.
'In such areas, the Traffic Police will coordinate with the Delhi Metro and PWD to find common solutions during the monsoon season,' Additional CP Gupta said.
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