Barapullah Phase III Woes Continue As Commuters Advised To Avoid Route; Delhi Minister Blames AAP For 'Design Flaw'

Barapullah Phase III woes continued on Wednesday as the corridor witnessed massive bottlenecks near the Sundial Park merger and Sarai Kale Khan, prompting the Delhi Traffic Police to issue an advisory urging commuters to avoid the elevated stretch.

In a post on X, the Delhi Traffic Police said that the congestion on the flyover is not being reflected on Google Maps, and so commuters continue to head to the corridor, resulting in heavy traffic and a bottleneck at Barapullah Junction.

The advisory stated that traffic was being diverted towards NH-24/DND to ease congestion. "Traffic personnel are present at the spot and regulating traffic movement," it added.

Redesigning demanded

Within days of inauguration, the Delhi Traffic Police has written two formal letters to the Public Works Department (PWD) seeking an urgent redesign of the Sundial Park Junction.

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Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma on Wednesday said that 80 per cent of the flyover work was already completed when the BJP government came to power. He was responding to the Opposition on concerns of a design flaw on the corridor.

"The way the Opposition is repeatedly saying that there is a design fault, I want to present some facts before you today so that the people of Delhi can also understand the timeline of the entire work... First of all, when we took the oath on February 20, 2025, perhaps five or 10 days later, on the 22nd, I visited the Barapullah Phase III flyover. A total of 298 pillars were to be erected for the entire flyover. By the time our government was sworn in, almost 80 per cent of the work was complete," he said.

What is the Barapullah design flaw?

A serious design flaw has surfaced at Sundial Park Junction as three lanes of the newly inaugurated corridor merge with two other three-lane stretches from the Sundial side towards Sarai Kale Khan and from the Ashram-DND side to funnel into the old three-lane Barapullah Flyover (Phase I and II).

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One of the lanes of the Phase II flyover meets the old flyover at almost 90 degrees, further mounting the traffic woes.