With Sunday witnessing a traffic quagmire on the Golf Course Road after the opening of the Genpact Chowk underpass on a trial basis, authorities have reopened three U-turns to streamline vehicular movement.
The turns — one located opposite the Magnolias; another ahead of the Sector 53-54 metro station and one opposite Parsvnath Exotica — had been closed down by authorities by placing jersey barriers, around the same time when the underpass had opened at 11 am.
Commuters had to travel for more than 5 km to make a U-turn and the AIT chowk was unable to handle such a large volume of vehicles.
“As people had to travel a long distance to make a turn at AIT Chowk, things got out of hand. So we removed the jersey barriers and reopened the three turns,” confirmed ACP (traffic) Hira Singh.
With the completion of the nearly 700 m bi-directional Genpact Chowk underpass, all seven underpasses have opened on the 8.3-km signal-free stretch between Sectors 55/56 to Shankar Chowk.
The aim was to decongest the junction where traffic from DLF5, St Thomas Marg and Gurgaon-Faridabad Road meets. It would also allow commuters to bypass the congestion at the Sector 53-54 Metro station.
