Jet Airways CEO Sanjeev Kapoor, who was traveling from IGI Terminal 3 to Gurugram during rush hour traffic, attributed the delay of over 45 minutes to a large number of trucks plying from Delhi to Gurugram. Informing about the problem, the airline’s CEO posted the problem on Twitter and tagged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to find a solution to the problem. In the post, he also tagged the Delhi Traffic Police and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to resolve the issue.
He tweeted, “Takes 45 minutes from DEL T3 parking to Gurgaon on NH-48 taking a right turn down the highway. Friday.
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“Offender: Crowd of trucks exiting Delhi on NH 48, and a car facing the wrong direction on the left lane of the highway, with headlights on but not the driver. This video is at 12.45,” read his tweet .
Apart from traffic jams on the highway from T3 towards Gurgaon at 1 a.m., there is a major concern about haphazard parking of trucks with all lights off almost in the middle of the highway near the Haryana border. How is this allowed to continue so brazenly? @dtpttraffic https://t.co/0HA6Hknnyi— Sanjeev Kapoor (@TheSanjivKapoor) December 16, 2022
Apart from the traffic problem, the CEO also pointed out the trucks randomly parked in the middle of the highway without lights “As soon as we come to the Haryana border, the trucks randomly parked in the middle of the highway, on the left Not even on the key lane. How?” How many accidents and how many lives were lost due to this? Can’t it be controlled?” he said in another tweet.
The culprit: A rush of trucks heading out of Delhi on NH48, and a car turning the wrong direction on the left lane of the highway, with headlights on, but no driver. This video at 12.45 pm. pic.twitter.com/EPO8PLYoex
— Sanjeev Kapoor (@TheSanjivKapoor) December 15, 2022
Later, explaining more about the problem, Sanjeev Kapoor further said, “Apart from the traffic jam at 1 pm on the highway from T3 to Gurgaon, the major concern is the haphazard parking of trucks, with all the lights almost in the middle of the highway.” They are locked in. Near the Haryana border. How can this be allowed to continue so brazenly?”
With inputs from IANS