Overview
- By Friday evening, long jams choked key corridors and markets across Delhi, Gurugram and Noida, with hotspots including Sikandra Road, Bhikaji Cama Place, Moolchand Flyover, ITO, the Delhi–Gurugram Expressway and IFFCO Chowk.
- Travel times in many areas nearly doubled as bumper-to-bumper traffic stretched across Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, Mathura Road, the DND Flyway, Barapullah elevated road and other arterial routes.
- Delhi Traffic Police cancelled leaves, deployed motorcycle patrols and towing vans, and said teams are using CCTV and navigation apps while urging commuters to take the Metro, avoid peak hours and plan routes.
- Officials cited a convergence of pressures — festive shopping, holiday returns, pre-wedding movement, office-hour traffic, roadwork and illegal parking — with major markets like Chandni Chowk, Lajpat Nagar, Karol Bagh and Connaught Place acting as choke points.
- Fresh advisories flagged additional snags on Friday, including diversions at Bhera Enclave Chowk due to a sewer-line pothole and a breakdown near the NFC Red Light on Mathura Road, as social media posts highlighted hours-long delays, postponed meetings and stuck school buses and ambulances.