Capital shame: Ring Road is Delhi’s biggest water-logging danger zone

Delhi’s arterial Ring Road has the highest number of hits on the list of 41 water-logging danger zones identified by the Public Works Department this monsoon as per information under RTI.

There are seven different places along the 87 km long Ring road stretch – among them the Moolchand underpass, the Dhaula Kuan underpass, RTR marg near Moti Bagh flyover – that have been identified as being prone to water-logging. Two metro-stations – Kashmere Gate and Jehangirpuri – are also on the list, so is the buzzing bus terminal at Kashmere Gate.

But there is some hope of relief for the commuters this year. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday in response to a PIL has directed the civic authorities get cracking on unclogging the city’s drains to prevent water-logging in the 41 water-logging prone areas that have been listed by the PWD.

With civic bodies passing the buck from department to department, Gaurav Kumar Bansal, High Court advocate who filed the PIL, says the Delhi High Court’s intervention alone can move the civic bodies to take proactive steps.

“If despite the court orders, there is widespread waterlogging in the city I will file a contempt petition,” says Bansal.

Full list of areas prone to water-logging as per PWD i. Road Number 63 infront of TR Sawhney ii. Sewadham Chowk iii. Between Wazirabad Brigade to Ring Road iv. South side service road near Yamuna Vihar v. Slip Road of Gokalpuri Flyover North Side vi. Under Railway Box, near Old Yamuna Bridge vii. Ring Road Bypass viii. Bharion Road under Railway Bridge ix. Infront of IIPA on Ring Road x. Below Hanuman Setu xi. Near Sarai Kale Khan Red Light xii. I.P Subway xiii. RUB Badarpur on MB Road xiv. Modi Mill flyover U-Turn xv. Moolchand Underpass- Ring Road xvi. South Extension Part – I, xvii. II Service Road on Ring Road xviii. Ashram Chowk xix. Opposite DPS on Mathura Road xx. Jahangirpuri Metro Station xxi. Near ISBT Kashmere Gate Exit xxii. Near Kashmiri Gate Metro Station xxiii. On Boulvard Road xxiv. Nigam Bodh on Ring Road xxv. RTR Marg near Moti Bagh Flyover (Ring Road) xxvi. Dhaula Kuan under pass on Ring Road Carriage (From AIIMS to Naraina) loop of ARSD College & S.P Marg xxvii. T-Point B.J. Marg Ring Road xxviii. At Road No. 89 Loha Mandi near Satya Park xxix. At Road No. 25 Inderpuri xxx. At Mayapuri crossing/chowk xxxi. DDA Flats Kalkaji at Guru Ravidas Marg xxxii. Tara Apartment xxxiii. D.C.Court, Saket Mehrauli Bound Carriage on M.B. Road xxxiv.  Stadium Gate at Siri Fort Road xxxv. Near Rajdhani Nikunj xxxvi. Chandra Vihar Bus Stand xxxvii. ROB-36 xxxviii.  Ganesh Chowk RUB at Road NO 57 near Bihari Colony xxxix.  Near Max Balaji Hospital on Road No. 57-A xl. Road No. 75-A xli. ITO Chungi underpass on Vikas Marg