Traffic

NEW DELHI: Traffic may be affected in some areas on Sunday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICEC) in Dwarka. Delhi Traffic Police issued an official advisory on Saturday listing a series of traffic regulations and diversions in the city.The route from NH-48 to Nirmal Dham Nala (UER-II) will be significantly impacted throughout...

THANE: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Navi Mumbai arrested two constables attached to Thane traffic branch for demanding Rs 3000 for not taking any action on the seized pick-up van.The police said that the two accused constables are identified as Dilip Satpute, attached to Bhiwandi traffic unit whereas the other accused has been identified as Sachin Bhosale, attached to Shilphata traffic unit.An...

NEW DELHI: Heavy rainfall along with thunderstorms lashed several parts of the city and National Capital Region (NCR) in the wee hours of Tuesday.Waterlogging was witnessed in several parts of Delhi after the rainfall, which is likely to create inconvenience for commuters during peak morning hours.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate-intensity rain...

CHENNAI: Traffic was affected on the arterial Anna Salai and the Rukmani Lakshmipathy Salai in Egmore as the various employee unions of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) took out a rally to draw the chief minister's attention to their various long-pending demands, including wage revision and filling of vacancies.The rally was held as announced earlier, even as...

CHENNAI: The traffic police have booked and fined nearly 42,000 violators in the last 22 days, deploying personnel at key junctions to photograph the offences. Of these, 17,043 were booked for not complying with the stopline rule, 13,484 for not wearing helmets, 7,564 for riding on the wrong side and causing hindrance to motorists, 3,511 for jumping signals and 1,103 for riding/driving with defective...

MUMBAI: In a major relief to motorists, the four-lane 918-meter-long balanced cantilever bridge connecting the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway on the Varsova creek near Ghodbunder Road in Thane was thrown open to vehicular traffic on Monday. Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways, tweeted that the bridge would provide significant traffic relief to the Mumbai-Surat corridor. The...