PWD plans wider road, bridge to decongest Anand Vihar ISBT

The Public Works Department (PWD) of Delhi has prepared a decongestion plan under which the department will widen the approach road by adding 4 lanes to extend the bridge from 9m to 12m. A separate bridge is also being planned between Anand Vihar Bus Terminal to Road No. 56 for which the PWD has already floated tenders. The existing entry point of the ISBT will be widened to decongest the area. Once the entry point will be widened, the number of lanes on both sides of the road will also be increased to six after which buses will be able to smoothly enter the ISBT without creating traffic snarls and the move will also check pollution. The decongestion plan was formulated following the directions of Bhure Lal, the chairman of the Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA). He directed the PWD to decongest and make plans to combat pollution and traffic congestion across hotspots in the national capital.