In Congested Gurgaon, Car-Free Tuesday Promises Break From Jams

mangaloretoday.com

Gurgaon 22 Sep,2015 :  Gurgaon will today flag off ’Car-Free Day’ in a bid to free city roads from congestion and encourage people to use alternate modes of transportation.

 

The initiative which is being implemented on the occasion of World Car Free Day - observed on September 22 every year- will be enforced every Tuesday from 7 am to 7 pm.

’Car Free Day’ is being organised by the the city’s traffic police and Gurgaon Municipal Corporation with support from NASSCOM, Embarq India, Raahgiri Foundation and Rapid Metro.

Joint Commissioner of Police Bharti Arora had said that with one lakh new cars being registered every year in Gurgaon, this was the best time for the city to take up the ’Car Free’ challenge.

Four major IT corridors have been identified to make the campaign more concentrated - DLF Cyber City, Cyber Park area, Golf Course Road and Electronic City- which have the heaviest traffic flow in the city.

Gurgaon Police have sourced 20 cranes from MCG and DLF, which will be employed equally in all four corridors to tow away cars parked on roadsides and taken to Leisure Valley Park.

The only parking available would be those at Cyber Park and other institutional and commercial parking spaces.

Rapid Metro has decided to increase the frequency of trains to 3-3.5 mins which would mean 225 trains and reduced waiting time for users.

Feeder buses will be provided from major metro stations like Huda City Centre, Sikanderpur, Indus Bank Cyber City and from Kapashera border to the major IT hubs of the city, the official said.

 

Courtesy:NDTV