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Delhi in the past few years has seen a transformation in its road infrastructure. The coming up of a number of flyovers and closure of cuts on the central verge of many roads elsewhere have helped in ensuring a smooth flow of traffic in most parts of the city. However, while all this has made for comfortable and safer travel despite the marked increase in the number of vehicles, newer challenges have emerged due to lack of proper policing.

One major problem that has cropped up now is drivers paying scant regard to the rules in order to shorten their travel.

Many a time, people are seen driving the vehicles on the wrong side of the road -- as is the case on National Highway-24 between U.P. Gate border and Ghazipur Crossing and also between Mother Dairy Crossing and Akshardham Crossing.

This poses a grave threat to the security of vehicles moving in the right direction as vehicles coming in the wrong direction take them by surprise. Moreover, at places like Akshardham Crossing it is most often trucks of private contractors deployed on Metro construction work that are to blame. Because of them, the slip road near the Shri Oil Filling Station becomes a virtual death trap at night.

Then at many places in the city people tend to cross over the central verge of roads through small openings -- which most often are created by nearby residents. Be it the base of the Akshardham Setu flyover opposite Mavilla Apartments at Mayur Vihar in East Delhi, at the base of Britannia Chowk flyover on the Shakur Basti side of Ring Road in North West East or the newly constructed Moolchand underpass in South Delhi, the problem is rampant everywhere. It is high time the Delhi police plug these loopholes and take strict action against the violators of traffic rules.

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