Commuters thrilled as Delhi’s first 1.3-km-long road tunnel saves time, fuel
The newly-inaugurated tunnel of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project was thrown open for traffic on Monday. For a few days, traffic movement has only been allowed between 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. to observe how the facility is responding to the traffic load and also to stabilise the traffic pattern.
Officials of the India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) on Monday said that vehicular movement in the tunnel started in the morning. The Traffic Police and well as PWD officials will keep a close watch on the movement of vehicles to ensure that everything goes smoothly. A small prayer was also done before the opening of the tunnel and commuters were given sweets.
