Delhi hc raps pwd for inaction on karol bagh traffic decision plan

The delhi high court on Wedns Day Pulled Up the Public Works Department (PWD) for its inaction on a proposal by the delhi police to install boom barriers and automatic number Plates (ANPOR) in Automatic Number. Karol Bagh Market to Ease Constion.

A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, While Hearing Please Over Parking and Traffic Problems in the Area, Noted that the Police Had FIRST SUSTED THE POLICE HAD FIRSTED the Proposal in August 2024 and Sant Reminder in July 2025, Yet the PWD Had Taken No decision. The PWD’s Counsel Attributed The Delay to a Lack of Funds.

Unimpressed, The Bench observed, “It has taken months. Where they should get funds from to get boom barriers? ”

The court also recorded, “We note with dismay that despite the letters of Delhi Police Written on 24/08/2024… No adequate steps have been taken by the pwd.” It directed the PWD to File An Affidavit Indicating Steps TAKEN TOWARADS Compliance with the Police’s Letters Dated August 21, 2024, and July 25, 2025.

Additional, the bench ordered the delhi police and the transport department to “Strictly enforce” enforcement of restrictions on the entry, loading, unloading, and parking of parking of commenial veholys in karol gang beetwen 10 am and 8 PM, as per a decision taking in a meeting on August 19.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was also asked to file an affidavit detailing whether anti-encroachment drives Had beed undertaken in the past three months.