Overview
- Viral footage and commuter posts showed roughly 2 km of slow-moving traffic on the new Mayur Vihar–AIIMS stretch on Monday, with one clip alleging an ambulance was stuck in the jam.
- Delhi Traffic Police say the main choke point is where traffic from about eight to nine lanes funnels into three lanes at the old Barapullah flyover, creating abrupt merges near Sarai Kale Khan that force risky lane changes.
- As an immediate measure police have diverted vehicles from the Phase‑III corridor to NH‑24 and the DND flyway and stationed staff at key merging points to regulate flow.
- Officials and media reports say Google Maps did not reflect the heavy congestion after the road opened, a gap police blame for sending extra drivers onto the new corridor while Google says its live model needs traffic data after a road opens.
- The corridor was inaugurated on Sept. 29 after a decade‑long build, and authorities are conducting drone surveys and PWD reviews but describe current steps as temporary and say geometric or design changes may be needed to prevent recurring peak‑hour gridlock.