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Hyper security cuts off Faridabad from Delhi NEW DELHI: Residents of the swanky apartment complexes around Surajkund, in Delhi's backyard, got a rude shock on Wednesday morning when they found themselves abruptly cut off from the national capital. Working under the shadow of terror, the traffic police blocked Surajkund Road, the main artery between this area and Delhi, without any prior notice for the Commonwealth Shooting Championship beginning at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in Tughlaqabad on Thursday leading to total chaos.
With the other access to Delhi from Faridabad areas, Mathura Road, already choked due to construction of a Metro line and flyover — and generally given a wide berth — there were massive day-long jams on all the roads. Several office-goers were forced to head back home. Worse, this is going to be the situation for the next 10 days. "The Surajkund Road, from Mehrauli-Badarpur Road upto Surajkund (5km), will remain closed from 7am to 6 pm till February 28 in view of security arrangements for the shooting championship. Since security is our paramount concern, commuters are going to face some inconvenience as traffic volumes are very high," said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (traffic). This has left people wondering what's in store during the Commonwealth Games. When residents of Charmwood Village, Eros Garden, Dayal Bagh and even from other Faridabad sectors went out in the morning, they were diverted to Prahladpur Road. The result was a gridlock with commuters taking three to four hours just to get to MB Road. Several people returned home. "I left for work at 8.30 but got caught in one of the worst jams I've ever seen," said Nanda Paithankar, a resident of Charmwood Village, who works for WHO. "I decided to head back home. It took over two hours just to go around the boundary wall and enter the colony from the next gate." |
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